KARACHI: Urdu poetry has often been accused of being too limited and narrowly focussed on a few themes such as love and beauty of the sweetheart. Urdu poetry, especially written by poets of classical ...

Indian poets have followed the footsteps of Pakistani poets when it came to writing about women but taboo subjects, such as karo-kari and divorce, are not so prevalent in India, admitted renowned ...

Even as legendary Pakistani Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz's composition Hum Dekhenge or We Shall See, has turned into the poem of protests in India, his daughter Salima Hashmi said the events have proved ...

Karachi: The second day of International Urdu Conference at Arts Council of Pakistan started with a session titled ‘Urdu Poetry: Old and New Creative Dimensions’ on Friday. The session was chaired by ...

New collection of Rashid’s nazms, compiled & edited by festival director Amitabh Baghel, attempts to revive the poet's voice ...

Amidst this charged atmosphere, few voices rang with as much passion, defiance, and revolutionary energy as that of Josh ...

Excerpts of two poems of renowned Pakistani Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz have been excluded from the Class 10 Social Science textbook in the 2022-’23 curriculum of the Central Board of Secondary ...

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Poetry is a way of expressing personal emotions. It is a medium to convey one’s observations and experiences to others through beautiful words and verses. It deals with different kinds of poetic ...

His love for the language dates back to the 1970s when he went to Pakistan to study; he considers the country his second home Dr Zubair Farooq, a UAE national, is a well-known name in Indian and ...