Poetry: Spiritual and TerreneBy Syed Afsar Sajid1. ‘Luhu Lal Ghari: (Marsiye)’ by Iqtidar Javed2. ‘Bay Baal-o-Par’ by Prof.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

To watch the restored Umrao Jaan is to open an old chest stuffed with barely creased clothing and baubles that are still ...

In an interview with SheThePeople, musician Sonam Kalra spoke about how music became her tool for healing, self-discovery, ...

Muzaffar Ali reflects on his artistic journey with Umrao Jaan, emphasising the importance of faith and cultural understanding. He believes art should serve a higher purpose, aiming to create a symbol ...

Together, these programs ensure that Urdu is not just preserved – it is activated, performed, shared, and celebrated. Far from being forgotten, the ghazal is finding new resonance as both timeless ...

Unlike other famous courtesans of Hindi cinema and literature, Umrao Jan’s story has been revisited time and again over the ...

Can a culture survive as a way of life, even as the language and writing at its core, alter with time? Can we be rational and Malayalee or do we have to necessarily be religious and proudly cultural ...

Muzaffar Ali’s version featuring Rekha in the title role, begins with little Ameeran in Faizabad abducted to Lucknow to be moulded and shaped into a perfect tawaif, and ends with Umrao grown from the ...

Muzaffar Ali is a man who wears several hats. The filmmaker, designer, author, artist, and a cultural and social activist, ...