Purani Dilli to Ayodhya, Fouzia Dastango is reimagining Hindu epics to Meena Kumari’s story in Urdu. Crowds love it.

Zaban-e-Urdu hai jiska naam, Woh Hindustan ki jaan hai.” The language called Urdu is the life of Hindustan. Prologue: A ...

Arabic and Persian not only shaped the literary culture of thetime but also influenced the direction in which it developed.

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

In his short yet impactful life span of 39 years, filmmaker Guru Dutt left a lasting impressions. Although he directed only 8 ...

Her recent convocation address at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver was much more than a cancer-researcher's speech - it ...

The 19th death anniversary of renowned poet, writer, and literary figure Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi  observed on Thursday with ...

People often say Karachi is too big, too crowded, too messy — and they’re not wrong. With 20 million people and a pace that ...

The Missing Prayer is a tell-tale rhythmic recital of the losses, the voids, the gaps and the simplest of the tiny things ...

Though he worked as an engineer by profession, he made a mark in Nepali literature as a short story writer, poet, and ...

After four successful crime films and a comedy caper, Guru Dutt shifted focus to make some serious and seminal films, which are hailed as classics. The first in the series of the four classics was ...

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