The four designated stages inside the crowded stadium complex in the heart of the busy capital weren’t enough. So poetry lovers also took to the footpaths and the spaces in between, turning them into ...

If you happen to run across a toddler singing Urdu nursery rhymes of yore, like ‘Dhobi Aya’ (Here comes the washerman) or ‘O Baba Duddooa’ (O froggie!), chances are he may have learned it from a ...

Poetry is a way of expressing personal emotions. It is a medium to convey one’s observations and experiences to others through beautiful words and verses. It deals with different kinds of poetic ...

“Go on, run a search for visuals for Hindi and Urdu poetry,” says illustrator Shiraz Husain, over the telephone from Delhi. “What did you find? A hand crushing a rose, blood drops, a single tear ...

NEW DELHI: Aspiring English poets have multiple online resources telling them how to write a sonnet, haiku or limerick but those aspiring to pen Urdu verse have just the Qaafiya Dictionary to help ...

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 ...

Doha: Bazm e Urdu Qatar, Urdu literary organisation in Doha, once again upheld its tradition by organising an International ...

Parsi orthodontist Dr Navroze Kotwal’s passion for Urdu poetry, especially its sublime form ghazal, has been a source of pique for his friends His ghazals regularly appear in half a dozen Urdu dailies ...

HYDERABAD: Behta Huva Naghma, a collection of poems in Urdu written by State Council for Cultural Affairs chairman and MP Dr C Narayana Reddy was released here on Tuesday by Rajya Sabha deputy ...