Ram Prasad Bismil’s autobiography debunks some of the myths around the daredevil image of youthful freedom fighters ...

In the picturesque outskirts of Khag tehsil in Kashmir, Muneer Ahmad Dar, known as 'Muneer Speaks,' has transformed his YouTube channel into a digital archive to revive the Kashmiri language and ...

"Since my second collection of Urdu poetry ‘Meri Zameen Ki Dhoop' also got published in Pakistan, scholar Nadeem Ilahi decided to do an MPhil on me and my work. I am overwhelmed as it reaffirms ...

“Very few people are familiar with Urdu literature, even through poetry. There were forms such as the qasida — used to praise someone or a marsiya, a song of sorrow that have faded out,” he say ...

The first one, compiled by Ahmed Deen, a close friend of Iqbal, was in fact a critical appreciation of Iqbal but it included a copious selection from Iqbal’s Urdu poetry. Titled Iqbal and ...

Roses are red, violets are blue; we love us some funny poems, how about you? Part joke, part poetry, funny roses-are-red poems are classics for a reason: They’re a humorous twist on sometimes ...

Lest you think screens have completely taken over teens' minds, note that more than 4 million high school students have been reciting poetry for fun and competition for the past 20 years as part ...

A sunrise dip and poetry readings got the 11th annual Poetry Day off to a sparkling start in Co Wicklow, as swimmers and poets got together in Greystones. Poetry Day Ireland is taking place across ...

Shah Rukh spoke about the misconceptions that it’s ‘lonely on top’, claiming he feels exactly the opposite because of his children, Aryan Khan, Suhana Khan, and AbRam Khan. He said, “You ...

“I thought she was a Pisces,” Zohra Sehgal says with her quintessential wryness when her granddaughter is accused of being a ...

India’s top court upheld the use of Urdu on public signboards in Maharashtra, rejecting the notion that the language was alien to the country. The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Urdu and ...

This week’s guest on Poetry in Daily Life is Nile Stanley, PhD, who lives in Jacksonville, Florida. A teacher educator, artist-in-residence, and researcher for 36 years, he has been on a mission ...