WHICH is the first novel ever written in Urdu? Which are the best and/or important Urdu novels written during the last one-and-a-half century? By the way, the best and important may not always be ...

He told the audience it was in 1862 that the first Urdu novel Khat-i-Taqdeer by Maulvi Karimuddin was published (although some think it was Miratul Uroos). From that time onwards, 3,500 novels by ...

The languages represented through translation are Urdu (two novels), Malayalam, Hindi, Bengali, and, for the first time, Nepali. Translator Jayasree Kalathil, who won the prize in 2020 with S ...

The late author’s works, such as the Urdu translation of Malik Mohammed Zjaisi’s magnum opus “Padmavat” and a collection of short stories, were highlighted during the event. LUCKNOW: The ...