Urdu poetry is often considered synonymous with love. Various shades of love, ranging from physical to metaphysical; all the nuances of the experience of love, ranging from disappointment to ...

In the introduction to her new book, Love in the Time of Hate: In the Mirror of Urdu, Rakhshanda Jalil writes: “There are love jihads and there are love jihads. Mine turned into a labour of love.” ...

Every day, I call my grandparents, Nani and Nana, in Pakistan to offer some solace during their increasingly isolated situation. With all their kids and grandkids living abroad and the fear of disease ...

The book is a tome which could not have been without decades of devotion to the haunting beauty of Urdu poetry and to its startling depiction of entropy through gorgeous rhythmic harmonies.

What’s your love language? For young people in India today, it’s literally a language: Urdu. It’s been around for at least 800 years; the 2011 census shows that India has well over 67 million Urdu ...

‘Seher Hone Tak’ enthralled the audience as vocalist Gayatri Dhavale presented ghazals, Neerja Apte read the shayari and Aboli Thatte interpreted the poems through Kathak, at Chitnavis Centre, Civil ...

That is the beauty of Ghalib's massive literary work - it is so vast and beautiful that one can't help but use it in their favour to woo their beloved and he is one of the most quotable Urdu poets ...

International Sherlock Holmes Day: 10 mo... All about Banu Mushtaq and her Internat ...