Khushwant Singh would stress that to understand the beauty of Urdu Shairi and Literature, one ought to have a grasp of the Urdu language. Alas, we have been living in such turbulent dark times that ...

Scoops of Fun & Lessons for Life: Best of Children’s Literature in Urdu Poetry Known as adab-e atfaal (atfaal meaning children), children’s literature in Urdu has had a rich and varied tradition.

There used to be people who simply mastered so many things at the same time that we now find it hard to believe Ameer Meenai was a master poet of Urdu and Persian but he was also a lexicographer ...

Mirza Ghalib deserves no more introduction in the world of poetry, He has left his mark with some great poetries and ghazals that even today people listen to it with great pride. Mirza Ghalib’s poetry ...

Bazm-e-Urdu Qatar (BUQ), established in 1959 to promote Urdu language and literature, hosted the launch of the poetry collection Arzoo ka dia by Doha-based poet Samreen Nadeem Samar. This is her ...