Khayaal means thought, a fleeting whisper of the mind, soft as mist, yet powerful enough to stir oceans within. It is where ...

ALLAMA Iqbal’s first poetic collection in Urdu, Baang-i-Dara, was first published in 1924. But before Iqbal could bring out ...

A major Urdu poet who is acknowledged universally — he’s known as ‘khuda-e-sukhan’ (god of poetry) — his tercentenary went by with barely a few in the Urdu literary world remembering it.

“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 ...