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When a physician speaks poetry
Dekhna taqreer ki lazzat ke jo uss ne kahaMein ne ye jana ko goya ye bhi mere dil mein heGhalibDr Azra Raza has over the last several years won widespread acclaim and popularity in the US as an ...
Poetry: Spiritual and TerreneBy Syed Afsar Sajid1. ‘Luhu Lal Ghari: (Marsiye)’ by Iqtidar Javed2. ‘Bay Baal-o-Par’ by Prof.
Shahid Alam and I go back a long way, though we had both half-forgotten it until recently. He was two years senior to me at ...
Bazm-e-Urdu Qatar, the oldest literary organisation in Qatar (established in 1959), and devoted to the promotion of the Urdu language and literature, hosted the launch of the second poetry collection ...
Doha:  The AMU Alumni Association Qatar (AMUAAQ) hosted a memorable International Book Launch and Poetry Evening to honor the literary legacy of the late Urdu poet Mr. Masroor Ahmad Masroor of Maudaha ...
For her, Hyderabad is not just another venue, it’s a city that truly values Urdu poetry, ghazals and good music. With personal ties and childhood friends here, performing in Hyderabad feels special.
Ghalib’s timeless prose and poetry in Urdu and Persian — with his unique narrative style ‘Andaz-e-Bayan’ — revolve around existential struggles, love, loss, sociopolitical disturbances ...
TEHRAN-An exhibition of manuscripts of Persian and Urdu poetry and prose by the well-known bilingual poet of the 18th century Mughal India Mir Taqi Mir (1723–1810) was held at the Urdu Ghar in Delhi, ...
Drawing on the traditions of Arabic and Persian poetry, the classical writers of Urdu ghazal frequently employed interconnected metaphorical systems.
In his keynote address, Shamim Tariq highlighted Firaq’s ghazals, poems, and rubais, stating that Firaq is the architect of modern ghazal. He continued to experiment with poetry, which is why ...
The Ghazal is a form, with its emphasis on Radif, Makta and Matla (and a sensibility that’s innate to Persian, Turkic and Urdu poetry), which isn’t easy to pull off in English.