Explore the hidden history of lyric queerness in classical Urdu ghazals, from Mir Taqi Mir’s playful couplets to Sufi mystics ...

Khaak means dust, humble, weightless, and ever-returning to the earth. It is where all journeys end and where every beginning ...

In 1924, he published a copious collection of Iqbal’s Urdu verses, under the title Kulliyaat-i-Iqbal, with a 130-page commendatory foreword, from Hyderabad (Deccan), albeit without Iqbal’s permission.

Humorous and satirical poetry is also plentiful in Urdu. However, the most popular and important form of poetry is undoubtedly the ghazal. The ghazal is a love poem written in stanzas, consisting of ...

That 300,000 people celebrated Urdu verse during a three-day festival was testament to the peculiar reality of the language in India. The inaugural day of the Urdu poetry festival Jashn-e-Rekhta ...

Urdu poetry still inspires people. While finding a sher or shayar is an issue, some platforms are giving a renewed push to a tradition in crisis.

From Vajpayee’s Lyrics to Modi’s Ghazals. Tracing the cultural and political significance of poetic language in legislative ...

As we move into the modern era of Urdu poetry, Iqbal’s expansive literary corpus offers fertile ground for eco-critical analysis. His works feature a wide range of terms for trees, such as nakhl ...

Embassy of Pakistan, Kathmandu on Thursday organised a literary event - poetry symposium, titled "Aalmi Mushaira; Urdu, Shaairi Ki Zubaan" in Kathmandu in collaboration with ...