Book review A new book shows us ways to read Shahryar’s life in his poetry, and poetry in his life In ‘Shahryar: A Life in Poetry’, Rakshanda Jalil works as both biographer and translator.

That 300,000 people celebrated Urdu verse during a three-day festival was testament to the peculiar reality of the language in India.

Urdu poetry still inspires people. While finding a sher or shayar is an issue, some platforms are giving a renewed push to a tradition in crisis.

LAHORE - Renowned Urdu poet, short story writer, and literary icon Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi was remembered on his 19th death ...

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CM Naim’s translation of 19th-century reformer Ashrafunnisa Begum’s biography was published in 2021. Naim, a translator and ...

Hyderabad's youth are reviving Urdu through poetry readings and workshops in heritage sites. Platforms like Anjuman-e-Fannan and Heart for Art Hyderabad are fostering community and encouraging new ...

Urdu poets Jaun Elia and Ahmad Faraz, both influential yet distinct, offer contrasting experiences of love through their poetry. Jaun's verses depict destructive and unrequited love marked by ...

Secondly, they are not only way above the old-fashioned tazkiras of Urdu poetry that gave scanty life sketches of poets and just a few sample verses, with occasional, brief critical views, but ...

Akshay Kumar goes on holiday after Sarfira releases; gives shout-out to Bashir Badr’s shayari on struggles of life: “Be-waqt agar jaaunga, sab chaunk padenge” Bollywood News: Latest ...