Urdu ki Ishq ya Shayri (Urdu Love poetry or ghazal), penned around 1945 ... and God symbolised as a beautiful youth. Sadly, it is nearly impossible to find contemporary expressions of homoerotic ...

For singer-songwriter Papon, ghazals hold a special place in ... they were lived experiences. Phonetically, Urdu is one of ...

Hence, the colour and tone of ghazal, the most popular genre of Urdu poetry, is somewhat determined what is in its roots: love, cry and gloom. Add to it Sufism, delicate language, desire to enjoy ...

The language that was spoken at home was Saraiki, which is a beautiful mix of Indic and ... (Getty Images) You write in the preface to The Urdu Ghazal that Urdu’s cross-cultural appeal, its ...

On his birthday today, here is what Gulzar -- another poet who has the knack of making the mundane beautiful -- has to ... birth anniversary of legendary Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib.

Another unique trait that no other poet of Urdu shares with Ghalib, not even Iqbal, is that his Urdu divan is the book of which the most sharhs, or commentaries, have been written in Urdu.

Laa pilaade saaqiya In 1976 the family managed to scrape together enough money to make a tape of Munni singing ghazals. In Urdu. At first glance, there is nothing unusual about this.

Urdu International Australia creates a strong and coherent environment for literary and cultural activities. Famous Writer, Poet and Co-ordinator of UIA Ashraf Shad talking about upcoming Ghazal ...

An ardent fan of the ghazal, the musically poetic genre of Urdu literature, Erode Thamizhanban tries his hand at the form in Tamil. He emerges with a fair amount of success, the lines reflecting ...