In Gulmarg, speaking with media, Abdullah also quoted a couplet of Pakistani Urdu poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz, “Dil na umeed to nahi ...

Malamat’ --- Aftab Ahmad Shah’s poetic divan2. ‘Hamzad’ ------ Tauqir Ahmad Faiq’s verse collection Poets (late) Aftab ...

(HT_PRINT) The Supreme Court on April 15 upheld the use of Urdu on the signboards of a municipal council in Maharashtra, saying that Urdu and Marathi have the same status under the Constitution.

New Delhi: Language is not religion and to consider Urdu as a language of Muslims is a "pitiable digression" from reality and unity in diversity, the Supreme Court has said while rejecting a ...

India’s top court upheld the use of Urdu on public signboards in Maharashtra, rejecting the notion that the language was alien to the country. The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Urdu and ...

It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...

Johnny Tillotson, the singer behind Sixties hits “Poetry in Motion” and “It Keeps Right on A-Hurtin’,” has died at the age of 86. Tillotson’s wife, Nancy, confirmed the news in a ...

Publishing poetry on Instagram “goes beyond writing. On social media, there's a communication, a visual, an aesthetic and an audio aspect. Of course you must have a way with words, but you also ...

In Urdu, prose poetry or ‘nasri nazm’ is purported to have begun with Sajjad Zaheer, and subsequently crafted, among others, by Meeraji, Ahmad Hamesh, Wazir Agha, Kishwar Naheed, M.

One half of a team that brought a unique exhibition to Bradford has promised “a sense of wonder” for visitors as rare Qurans go on display.