Irshad Khan Sikandar (42), a well-known name in Urdu literature, suffered a heart attack around 6 pm on May 18 ...

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 ...

It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...

The Shankar-Shad Mushaira is an emotion, a jazbaat and a gathering of hearts bound by the love of poetry. For those who hold Urdu Shayari close to their hearts, this is an evening not to be missed.

Publishing poetry on Instagram “goes beyond writing. On social media, there's a communication, a visual, an aesthetic and an audio aspect. Of course you must have a way with words, but you also ...

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.

Dr. Singh, often celebrated as the architect of India’s economic liberalisation, was equally adept at deploying the power of poetry. His penchant for 'shayari' was not just ... invoked the lines of ...

Former PM Manmohan Singh and BJP leader Sushma Swaraj's urdu poetry battles made for some of the most viewed parliamentary debates on social media. The world recognises late former prime minister ...

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, known as the architect of India's economic reforms and for his interest in Urdu poetry, passed away after prolonged illness. He often engaged in poetic ...

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 ...

Eminent Urdu writer Shamim Tariq on Wednesday said that Firaq Gorakhpuri is the Mir of modern Urdu poetry. Tariq was speaking at the opening session of the two-day national seminar “Firaq ...

Urdu Culture London invites you to an Urdu Shayari poetry masterclass on the works of Faiz Ahmed Faiz (on the occasion of his birthday month). Movie based on Akbar Ahmed’s play ‘Gandhi and Jinnah ...