That 300,000 people celebrated Urdu verse during a three-day festival was testament to the peculiar reality of the language in India. The inaugural day of the Urdu poetry festival Jashn-e-Rekhta in ...

The four designated stages inside the crowded stadium complex in the heart of the busy capital weren’t enough. So poetry lovers also took to the footpaths and the spaces in between, turning them into ...

Explore the profound ways Urdu captures the complexities of loss, offering solace and understanding beyond words By Hibban ...

Urdu is a hybrid language that is based on the spoken languages of Northern India with a generous overlay of Arabic and Persian words. ‘Urdu’ is a Turkish word, which means a camp. When Muslims from ...

Urdu poetry, fuelled by love and longing, fired up by politics, amplified by Instagram and reimagined by indie bands, is finding new fans What’s your love language? For young people in India today, it ...

From mushairas to multimedia showcases, Shaam-e-Rekhta brings fresh relevance to Urdu’s poetic legacy to resonate across ...

Rawalpindi Punjab Arts Council in collaboration with All Pakistan Private Schools Management Association organized Kalam-e-Iqbal, Speech and Tableau competitions to mark Iqbal Day in a befitting ...

Post written by Aneta Pavlenko. On January 15, 1605, a young Dutch woman, Brechje Spiegels, died suddenly, catching everyone by surprise. A few days earlier her beloved, poet Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft ...

So when the Bengal government’s Urdu Academy canceled a much-publicized event with well-known poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar ...