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 ...

Director Muzaffar Ali's epic-drama 'Umrao Jaan' (1981), re-released in theatres on June 27. What makes the film still ...

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 ...

All this is bigger than ghazals, of course. Bigger than haiku. I’m saying we have to graduate from pastiche and mimicry to ...

A POET who rediscovered her passion after 20 years is set to release a book on her life in Kashmir and Yorkshire.

In another first, Birla College, Kalyan, announced the start of the Mandarin language courses, recently in a glittering ceremony attended by the Chinese Consul-General, Niu Quingbao, vice chancellor, ...

Literary Notes: Mir’s select poetry in English: political perspective Rauf Parekh Published April 7, 2025 0 Listen to article 1.2x 1.5x ...

Poetry in English from Pakistan: A 21st Century Anthology Edited by Ilona Yusuf and Shafiq Naz Alhamra ISBN: 978-9464593310 441pp.

World Poetry Day 2025, themed "Poetry as a Bridge for Peace and Inclusion," highlights poetry’s role in fostering harmony and cultural understanding. Celebrations include poetry readings ...

In Urdu, prose poetry or ‘nasri nazm’ is purported to have begun with Sajjad Zaheer, and subsequently crafted, among others, by Meeraji, Ahmad Hamesh, Wazir Agha, Kishwar Naheed, M. Salim ur ...