ONE of Urdu criticism’s unwritten but time-honoured understandings is to keep on writing on life and works of Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib (Dec 27, 1797 - Feb 15, 1869), one of the greatest and most ...

Ira Mukhoty, Anita Anand and Shrabani Basu met at Jaipur Literature Fest to talk about how the heroines in their books became ...

Sobti was the first major female fiction writer in Hindi. Her search for the human truth remains an inspiration to the generations who came after her ...

Engineers at NED University of Engineering and Technology claim to have developed an Artificial Intelligence-powered application that brings Urdu books to life. The app can convert printed Urdu ...

The launch took place at the Ahmed Faraz Auditorium on Thursday. "Nawah e Kazima" is a meticulously crafted Urdu translation of the revered "Qaseeda Burda Shareef", a timeless and sacred poem that ...

Some of the world’s best cricket nations are in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates this month for the 2025 ICC Champions ...

In a significant policy shift, the Rajasthan Education Department has reportedly directed government schools to replace Urdu with Sanskrit in their curriculum, as stated in a report by the Time of ...

Naseer told Gulzar that Sanjeev Kumar would be a bad choice for the role, because he couldn’t speak Urdu. “I wrote him a letter saying ‘I am the actor you are looking for. Don’t cast Sanjeev Kumar, he ...

A clear view emerged from the Urdu dailies about the Delhi poll outcome, with the papers asserting that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had seen its debacle coming. They argued that while the BJP juggernaut ...