Last year, some impressive works of poetry came out, in the genres of both nazm and ghazal. They not only have literary merit but are also relevant in the current political and social context. One of ...

This book attempts to determine the nature and meaning of the term ‘progressivism’ and assess its significance in the larger context of Urdu literature and, ultimately, South Asian literature. It ...

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SOME 50 years ago, a publisher in India began publishing selections from Urdu poetry. Each selection consisted of 100 best couplets of an individual poet. Many such selections were published and it ...

What’s your love language? For young people in India today, it’s literally a language: Urdu. It’s been around for at least 800 years; the 2011 census shows that India has well over 67 million Urdu ...

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 ...

21. Khayalaat-i-Azad: collected satirical essays of Nawab Syed Muhammad Azad. 22. Kala pani: an autobiography by Jafer Thanesari. 23. Seerat-un-Nabi: life of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) in ...

If you were looking for a perfect conclusion to a picture-perfect evening of poetry, it was provided by Professor Waseem Barelvi, as promised by his presence among a galaxy of Urdu poets. A packed ...

Chairman Press Council of India,former judge Supreme Court Of India. Many of you who do not know Urdu have shown an interest in Urdu poetry. So I shall briefly tell you something about its features.