Famous Urdu poet, teacher, writer and Sufi scholar Wasif Ali Wasif was remembered on the occasion of his birthday on Monday. He was born on January 15, 1929, in Khushab and is famous for his unique ...

Sharjah International Book Fair celebrates Urdu humour, poetry and cultural heritage An evening with famous Urdu poets and writers attracted huge crowd at the Sharjah International Book Fair. Supplied ...

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 word, which means a camp. When Muslims from ...

LOVE and beloved are one of the central themes in classical Urdu poetry. Classical poets express their extreme love for the sweetheart. But there is a remote yet distinct possibility that a poet may ...

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 ...

Ishrat Afreen is one of the five most influential writers of the feminist movement in Urdu literature and is counted amongst the most renowned poets in Pakistan. She has won numerous awards, and her ...

From its earliest days Urdu poetry has been a living testament to shared living, a co-mingling of cultures. Ram and Rahim appeared as two sides of the same coin, the coin being Hindustaniyat, that ...

Prose poetry is a literary form that combines elements of prose and poetry to create a unique narrative voice and style. It appears as standard prose, without line breaks, but utilizes poetic devices ...