As we celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi, it is worth remembering that the deity was once invoked in Urdu couplets. Nazeer Akbarabadi ...

Urdu Poetry and the The Masnavi Tradition 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 ...

Fursat (فُرْصَت) means leisure, free time, a pause or respite, a word often filled with tenderness in Urdu poetry, used for ...

In ‘Love, Longing, Loss in Urdu Poetry’, Sanjiv Saraf puts together a collection, in the original and in translation, that’s both comprehensive and imaginative.

If you want to make high-brow small talk at one of President Barack Obama’s cocktail parties, don’t bother brushing up your Shakespeare. Try reading Urdu poetry. As POLITICO’s Ben Smith ...

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 ...

Urdu poetry, often draped in a rich tapestry of love, celebrates much-maligned errant behaviour that defies all restrictions.

Life & Style 'Urdu poetry in Pakistan is completely different from that in India' Writer Amjad Islam Amjad believes that the divide is rooted in pre-partition politics of the Sub Continent June 08 ...

Urdu poetry today needs a reconciliation between thought and feeling by creating a new romanticism in which both poetry and philosophy can once again begin to inform one another.

Celebrating Shiva And Multiculturalism Of Urdu Poetry Muslim poets have waxed eloquent not only on Hindu festivals but also on Hindu deities like Shiva, as their poetry is about communal harmony ...

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