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 ...

I skirted clear of an attempt to translate his ghazal poetry published in Khaima-e Siyah (1988) — which is as unique in the Urdu tradition as his nazm — mainly because most of the time ...

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.

While studying at St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai, he learned to speak Urdu, the South Asian ... not only ghazal, but there are so many other beautiful genres of music that would prosper in ...

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 ...