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It is said that when emotions are put into words, be it love, longing, or loss, the first words come from ‘Urdu zabaan’. And ...

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 ...

Pratapgarhi, the Congress Rajya Sabha MP, is a noted Urdu poet. “In a healthy democracy ... Literature, including poetry, dramas, films, satire, and art, make the life of human beings more ...

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.

“Farmaiye,” says 60-year-old Professor Arinder Singh as he begins the conversation and one immediately knows that a wealth of beautiful Urdu words is about to fill the air.

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.

Drawing on the traditions of Arabic and Persian poetry, the classical writers of the Urdu ghazal frequently employed interconnected metaphorical systems. Iqbal’s response to this garden often ...

He further added that the Urdu language symbolizes our common civilization, and Firaq is a great poet of this beautiful language. His poetry resonates in both Hindi and Urdu. The head of the Urdu ...

He said there are two broad streams of Urdu poetry. The first category includes poetry with beautiful rhymes and words, making it easy for readers to remember. Its main themes revolve around love and ...

In the introduction to her new book, Love in the Time of Hate: In the Mirror of Urdu, Rakhshanda Jalil writes ... she uses the fragments of old poetry to “shore against my ruins”.