A session on 'Urdu Ghazal New Formations' was held at the 14th International Urdu Conference at the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi, which was moderated by Nasira Zuberi. On this occasion, Ambreen ...

Celebrated writer Fakhar Zaman’s fourth anthology of Urdu ghazals titled “Waqt ko Tham lo” has been published. The foreword has been written by renowned poet Zafar Iqbal. In his preface, Zafar Iqbal ...

As much as an expression of emotions and ideas, poetry is also a manifestation of the culture, tradition and socio-political conditions of a society. Language, the cloak of poetry, is itself deeply ...

The death anniversary of founder of modern Urdu ghazal Nasir Kazmi is being observed today. He was born in Ambala, India. He passed his matriculation examination from Muslim High School Ambala and got ...

How was the experience of translating nazms as opposed to ghazals? Was there a difference in the theory or praxis of the translation? Please share particular challenges with the readers. 485pp, ₹599; ...

Bagchi opens the book with a precise biographical introduction. A translation of Pakistani writer Intizar Hussain’s beautiful essay on Niazi is included, where Hussain notes that while the rest of ...

Daniele Speziale, 27, known as Rahi Italvi, works at the visa application centre in Kolkata and performs Urdu ghazals across the city Daniele Speziale, 27, also known as Rahi Italvi When 27-year-old ...