Naseeruddin Shah wrote a letter to Gulzar saying that Sanjeev Kumar was the wrong choice for Ghalib, and suggested that he ...

Our Chandigarh had its share of poets and there had been lyrical poets of the fame of Shiv Kumar Batalvi writing in Punjabi and Prem Warbortoni penning ghazals in Urdu with aplomb, calling out to his ...

The 16th Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) is all set to kick off this Friday, February 7, at the Beach Luxury Hotel. Running until February 9, the festival promises three days of literary brilliance, ...

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s flirtations with religiosity continued to afflict Bangladesh’s body politic much after his death.

More than 200 literary luminaries from the country and across the Pakistani diaspora will take part in the 16th edition of ...

Urdu poetry is well renowned for its rich past, enormous beauty, and complexity in expressions. For those willing to start to explore this poetic world, even the mention of classical poets like Mirza ...

ZE, khe and sheen are in fact three letters of Urdu alphabet that denote the sounds z, kh and sh. These are the initials for ...

The AMU Old Boys Association of Qatar (Amuoba) hosted a vibrant 207th Sir Syed Day event in Doha recently, bringing together ...

Margao/Canacona: Two toddlers drowned in an open canal at Carremoddi, Curchorem, on Saturday. The toddlers –– Rehan Shrittey ...

Kochi is set to introduce hybrid ferries that use both diesel and electric propulsion, reducing fuel consumption and ...

A version of this poem appeared a month later in Zamana, a monthly magazine published by Urdu poet and journalist Munshi Daya ... Lahore. Around this time, he wrote many poems for children including ...