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 ...

Rekha's crown jewel and Muzaffar Ali's elegiac masterpiece, Umrao Jaan (1981), returns to theatres on June 27, restored in 4K by NFAI and NFDC.

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.

Divide, But Music Doesn’t Listen In a world fragmented by borders, conflicts, and barbed-wire politics, few things flow as ...

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.