The story of the Filose family in India begins with founder Michael Filose who came from Naples to Calcutta in 1770 AD and ...

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 ...

Ikk Panjab is redefining Punjabi cuisine, moving beyond common stereotypes to showcase the rich diversity of its micro-regions.

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

Malaal means regret, a soft ache that lives in silence, in the pause between what was and what could’ve been. It is not ...

Muzaffar Ali reflects on his artistic journey with Umrao Jaan, emphasising the importance of faith and cultural understanding ...

The Maharashtra government has conferred its esteemed Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Puraskar for 2021 and 2022 upon Farhan Hanif Warsi, sub-editor of Mumbai Urdu News, recognising his exceptional ...

All this is bigger than ghazals, of course. Bigger than haiku. I’m saying we have to graduate from pastiche and mimicry to ...

Renowned columnist and poet Ghazanfar Hashemi, who leads the World Dialogue Forum America and the International Academy of ...

Doha:  The AMU Alumni Association Qatar (AMUAAQ) hosted a memorable International Book Launch and Poetry Evening to honor the literary legacy of the late Urdu poet Mr. Masroor Ahmad Masroor of Maudaha ...

A POET who rediscovered her passion after 20 years is set to release a book on her life in Kashmir and Yorkshire.

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. Salim ur ...