Who are we, if not the product of our thoughts, emotions and desires? Who doesn’t wish to fall in love and witness the ...

An upcoming session of literature and poetry explores themes of love and restlessness through classic and contemporary ghazals and nazms ...

While Rekha’s Umrao Jaan reclaims the spotlight, here are some timeless Urdu novels that deserve their own cinematic close-up ...

Some films go beyond storytelling - they evoke emotion like verses of a poem. Here are 7 Hindi films that feel lyrical, delicate, and deeply moving.

Bazm-e-Urdu Qatar, the oldest literary organisation in Qatar (established in 1959), and devoted to the promotion of the Urdu language and literature, hosted the launch of the second poetry collection ...

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.

Jaun Elia’s unique writing style fascinates the readers and he will always be remembered for his classic poetry Urdu language.

New trends in Urdu Poetry By Syed Afsar Sajid 1. ‘Ku-e-Malamat’ — Aftab Ahmad Shah’s poetic divan 2. ‘Hamzad’ —— Tauqir Ahmad Faiq’s verse collection Poets (late) Aftab Ahmad ...

Of prose poetry in Urdu By Syed Afsar Sajid Books: ‘Kahani ek shaher ki’ by Dr. Jawaz Jafri ‘Samaey ka dhara’ & ‘Dar-e-imkaN pay dastak’ by Yusuf Khalid Prose poetry is a literary form ...

His father, Allama Shafiq Hassan Elia, was a scholar of Urdu, Persian, Arabic, and Hebrew, while renowned Urdu intellectual Syed Muhammad Taqi and renowned poet Raees Amrohawi were his elder brothers.