Acclaimed lyricist Javed Akhtar recently demonstrated his mastery of Urdu at the House of Lords in the British Parliament, ...

In Hyderabad’s centuries-old Imambargahs, mourners gather to perform sacred Muharram rituals steeped in devotion, grief and ...

Not toys, I would buy literature books out of my pocket money”•“Inspired by Somnath Sadhu, wanted to be like him” ...

Meticulously researched, politically astute and very juicy, this is a contemporary retelling of a case that rocked Pakistan ...

The story of the Filose family in India begins with founder Michael Filose who came from Naples to Calcutta in 1770 AD and ...

The 158th Srijan Award ceremony, organized by UP Sahitya Sabha, honoured Nadeem Farrukh & Vijayendra Karun with Srijan Urdu & Hindi awards. A .

Urdu poetry still inspires people. While finding a sher or shayar is an issue, some platforms are giving a renewed push to a tradition in crisis.

The Government College Ludhiana, from where Sahir was rusticated in British times for his revolutionary poetry, now remembers him with pride. Sahir’s famous ode to his college meets the eye engraved i ...