Bazm-e-Urdu Qatar (BUQ), established in 1959 to promote Urdu language and literature, hosted the launch of the poetry ...

Braj Bhasha controversy teaches us that languages are not just means of communication—they are repositories of memory, ...

Beyond her celebrated image as the “Tragedy Queen” of Hindi cinema, Meena Kumari was an accomplished poet. She wrote under ...

Urdu poetry still inspires people. While finding a sher or shayar is an issue, some platforms are giving a renewed push to a tradition in crisis.

Patna: Government Urdu Library on Thursday hosted an elegant awards ceremony to recognise outstanding contributions to Urdu literature, poetry and jou.

Poetry: Spiritual and TerreneBy Syed Afsar Sajid1. ‘Luhu Lal Ghari: (Marsiye)’ by Iqtidar Javed2. ‘Bay Baal-o-Par’ by Prof.

Shahid Alam and I go back a long way, though we had both half-forgotten it until recently. He was two years senior to me at ...

Bazm-e-Urdu Qatar, the oldest literary organisation in Qatar (established in 1959), and devoted to the promotion of the Urdu language and literature, hosted the launch of the second poetry collection ...

Meticulously researched, politically astute and very juicy, this is a contemporary retelling of a case that rocked Pakistan ...

Renu Khanna spends her time knitting, playing board games and reading. Often she opens her little poetry book, in which she ...

At "Voices for Palestine" at Hed Hi Studio, the Charleston community gathered to uplift Palestinian culture through poetry, ...