Sidra is like a star or heavenly tree. Used in Urdu-speaking Indian households. Also refers to the Lote Tree of the Utmost ...

In a surprising twist, West Bengal's Inspector General of Police, Murlidhar Sharma, has penned the lyrics for a Hindi item ...

Hallaj’s mystical utterance to Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s revolutionary verse, South Asia’s poetic traditions have long intertwined ...

In a sleepy village tucked deep in the Chenab Valley, 64-year-old Naseem Begum used to sing lullabies in Sarazi to put her ...

"It would not be incorrect to say that one cannot have a day-to-day conversation in Hindi without using words of Urdu or words derived from Urdu. The word 'Hindi' itself comes from the Persian ...

Story continues below this ad “Even today, the language used by the common people of the country is replete with words of the Urdu language, even if one is not aware of it. It would not be incorrect ...

"It would not be incorrect to say that one cannot have a day-to-day conversation in Hindi without using words of Urdu or words derived from Urdu. The word 'Hindi' itself comes from the Persian ...

He said, “Urdu literature took its start with poetry, and the poetry was a toy in the hands of Persian scholars and poets who dressed it up in the garments of Persianized words.” By the late 18th and ...

In response to the correspondence, state police chief U R Sahoo wrote to the Additional Director General of Police (Training) last month to gather information about Urdu words and determine the ...

Wish to name your little girl with a beautiful and rare name? Here are 9 Urdu words with wonderful meanings. Jhelum is a river situated in Kashmir valley. The word is derived from the words Jal ...