The novel coronavirus pandemic may have forced people to stay apart but digital platforms and social media are helping them to stay connected. People are observing physical distancing but they are ...

The 23rd death anniversary of legendary poet Jaun Elia is being observed today. His real name was Syed Hussain Sibt-e-Asghar ...

If you want to make high-brow small talk at one of President Barack Obama’s cocktail parties, don’t bother brushing up your Shakespeare. Try reading Urdu poetry. As POLITICO’s Ben Smith points out in ...

Last year, some impressive works of poetry came out, in the genres of both nazm and ghazal. They not only have literary merit but are also relevant in the current political and social context. One of ...

These words from Naomi Lazard’s translation of one of Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s less-known masterpieces, Ek Din Yun Khizan Aa Gai, were among the first I stumbled upon during a simple Google search for “poems ...

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

The two-minute and thirty-second trailer opens with Vijay Varma visiting Naseeruddin Shah's home to learn Urdu poetry. In the course of learning, Vijay Varma falls in love with Fatima Sana Shaikh.

Doha, Qatar: Bazm-e-Urdu Qatar, the oldest literary association in Qatar, established in 1959, held a literary symposium recently at the Shezan Hotel, Qatar. The event, dedicated to exploring and ...

KARACHI: A book on humanism in Urdu poetry titled Urdu adab mein insaan dosti by journalist and researcher Akhtar Balouch was launched at the Karachi Press Club on Saturday evening. Director of the ...

From mushairas and qawwali parties to Pakistani soaps and Urdu poetry on TV, the language is making a quiet comeback with a new generation, new modes and new mediums. It's a crisp winter evening and a ...