Moving in concentric circles one may begin with a core (say, the Aligarh Urdu department where he spent his entire professional life), then the broader circle of Aligarh from the ’50s onward, to ...

In Urdu poetry, the metaphors can be expressed in love for the Dunya (material world) or Allah. In this case, the metaphor of visiting a lover in the moonlight is likened to the love one has for Allah ...

There is nothing better than Urdu poetry to talk about life, love and emotions. You can say all of that in a single couplet of Urdu poetry,” explains Iqbal, one of the participants at Bazm-e ...

That more than 300,000 people came to celebrate Urdu poetry during the three-day ... Yet Urdu has remained the key language of romantic expression in the songs and cinema that saturate Indian life.

Mirza Ghalib started writing poetry at the age of 11. His verse is characterised by sadness, the result of an often tragic life. He was orphaned at an early age and lost all seven of his children ...

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 ...

Try reading Urdu poetry. As POLITICO’s Ben Smith points out in his blog , Obama showed off his intellectual flair by evoking a standard of Pakistani culture in a recent interview with Dawn, a ...

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 ...

Ghalib started composing poetry at the age of 11. His first language was Urdu, but Persian and Turkish were also spoken at home. Although Ghalib himself was far prouder of his poetic achievements ...