Urdu poetry is often described as the language of the heart--a deeply expressive medium through which love, longing, and loss are delicately explored. It blends elegance and intensity, articulating ...

At this festival of Urdu love poems in New Delhi, the poets are lauded like pop stars, even though the language itself has been stigmatised ...

Bilal Maqsood, the renowned Pakistani pop singer and former Strings frontman, has now made a mark with children’s educational content on YouTube. His Bilal Maqsood confirms Pakkay Dost YouTube channel ...

Mavra Books’ rare collection of selected Urdu poems of top 62 poets scaled new heights in the literary circles.

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

They call it char bait, a form of instant Urdu poetry where two teams compete in rhyme. Verses are created at a second's notice on subjects as diverse as romance and politics, patriotism and rain.

HYDERABAD: Behta Huva Naghma, a collection of poems in Urdu written by State Council for Cultural Affairs chairman and MP Dr C Narayana Reddy was released here on Tuesday by Rajya Sabha deputy ...

He began by creating posters featuring iconic lines from Urdu poems (their Hindi translation) and a sketch of the poet. Since then, he has branched out to creating his prints on T-shirts and totes.

For Urdu poetry to mark its due impression on world literature, translating ghazals into a global lingua franca is critically important.