Muhammad Yusuf, Features Writer The Rekhta Foundation, Noida, India, presented their heart-and-brain child Jashn-e-Rekhta ...

ZE, khe and sheen are in fact three letters of Urdu alphabet that denote the sounds z, kh and sh. These are the initials for ...

The 49th death anniversary of renowned Urdu poet Saghar Siddiqui was observed today. His real name was Muhammad Akhtar. He was born in Ambala at 1928. At the age of 19, he migrated to Pakistan in 1947 ...

The first book in Arabic about the life and poetry of the great Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib, titled Ghalib: A’zam Shu’ara’il-Hind ...

Qaseeda Burda , or Qaseedatul Burda, is a famous poem in Arabic that offers heartfelt ... Persian, Turkish, Urdu and the Berber language — and over a 100 exegeses have been written.

The Country Without a Post Office (1997) in particular, is a deeply evocative and politically charged collection of poetry that grapples with the devastation in Kashmir during the 1990s insurgency, ...

Saraswati’ was launched in Allahabad, by a Bengali gentleman. Beyond setting a new benchmark in Hindi literature, Saraswati ...

One of Pakistan’s greatest musical gifts to the world is qawwali—a Sufi devotional music form that has survived for centuries ...

The bilingual name plays upon the English word “music ... to appreciate classical poetry and music, to popularise Urdu classical poetry – poets like Faraz, Faiz, Ghalib, and more.

The Dastangoi Collective returns to the city for a four-day festival that celebrates their journey towards reinventing the ...

The 21st death anniversary of famous Pakistani singer Malika Pukhraj was observed on Tuesday. She was born in 1910 at Hamirpur Sudhar ...

Rajasthan celebrates 76th Republic Day with Governor Bagade unfurling tricolour, Padma Shri awards, and cultural performances.