Purani Dilli to Ayodhya, Fouzia Dastango is reimagining Hindu epics to Meena Kumari’s story in Urdu. Crowds love it.

Her recent convocation address at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver was much more than a cancer-researcher's speech - it was a testament to her rare gift of blending the rigours of human anatomy ...

Urdu poetry still inspires people. While finding a sher or shayar is an issue, some platforms are giving a renewed push to a tradition in crisis.

New trends in Urdu Poetry By Syed Afsar Sajid 1. ‘Ku-e-Malamat’ — Aftab Ahmad Shah’s poetic divan 2. ‘Hamzad’ —— Tauqir Ahmad Faiq’s verse collection Poets (late) Aftab Ahmad ...

Inspired by poetry, music, and love, Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh chose the name ‘Dua’ for their baby girl. Learn the touching reason behind the name.

Eid-ul-Fitr 2025: Express your happiness on the eve of Eid by sharing these beautiful and heart-touching Hindi and Urdu shayaris with your dear ones.

Tanveer Anjum’s poetry challenges the boundaries of form and language, offering a bold new feminist poetic praxis.

Of prose poetry in Urdu By Syed Afsar Sajid Books: ‘Kahani ek shaher ki’ by Dr. Jawaz Jafri ‘Samaey ka dhara’ & ‘Dar-e-imkaN pay dastak’ by Yusuf Khalid Prose poetry is a literary form ...

Allama Iqbal who wrote the Tarana-e-Hindi, better known as ‘Saare Jahan se Achha’, is regarded today as the ideological father of Pakistan. In recent years, the recitation of some of his poems has ...

While many readers of Urdu poetry are familiar with the archetypal romance between the bulbul (nightingale) and the gul (rose or flower), the image of trees in this metaphorical garden has also ...