Jaun Elia, the greatest Urdu poet is known for his heart-melting shayris that reflect his revolutionary ideas and his ...

“In love, we all forget ... That more than 300,000 people came to celebrate Urdu poetry during the three-day festival this month in New Delhi was testament to the peculiar reality of the ...

The nazm or even the modern ghazal allowed more freedom to write about love in a personalised, individualistic slant. Many of the modern, contemporary Urdu poets have written about love.

“Since it is happening for the first time after COVID, I had to attend it as I missed the festival so much during the pandemic. Once you fall in love with poetry and Urdu, there is no going back.” ...

In the introduction to her new book, Love in the Time of Hate: In the Mirror of Urdu, Rakhshanda Jalil writes ... she uses the fragments of old poetry to “shore against my ruins”.

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 ...

Sometimes I’m also invited to judge Urdu events in colleges. These are small efforts I make out of my love for the language. – Sana Farheen, IT professional & poet Urdu poetry readings and ...

In her latest book, Love in the Time of Hate: In the Mirror of Urdu (Simon & Schuster), a collection of essays on Urdu poetry and the Indian polity, she expounds the role and significance of the ...

It’s a diverse group of people united by a shared love for the Urdu language and its timeless literary treasures ...

Ramu Kharel in Karachi on his way for a tv interview about his emergency medicine work in Nepal in which he fluently recited Urdu poetry. Photos: ABDULLAH ZAHID/SAPAN NEWS On a usual bustling March ...