While Rekha’s Umrao Jaan reclaims the spotlight, here are some timeless Urdu novels that deserve their own cinematic close-up ...

In Hindu mythology, blue is no ordinary color—it’s a sacred marker of divinity, symbolising the infinite sky and the cosmic ...

CM Naim’s translation of 19th-century reformer Ashrafunnisa Begum’s biography was published in 2021. Naim, a translator and ...

Arabic and Persian not only shaped the literary culture of thetime but also influenced the direction in which it developed.

Purani Dilli to Ayodhya, Fouzia Dastango is reimagining Hindu epics to Meena Kumari’s story in Urdu. Crowds love it.

Beyhis means numb, an absence of feeling that grows not from peace, but from exhaustion. It is the quiet void after too much ...

Zaban-e-Urdu hai jiska naam, Woh Hindustan ki jaan hai.” The language called Urdu is the life of Hindustan. Prologue: A ...

An intrepid critique of entrenched and entitled Muslim elites, CM Naim, a historian and essayist, recently passed away at 85.

Ma Yongbo 马永波 celebrates his birthday on the 17th July 2025. When he was born, he was called Yongbo 永波 (Forever Wave) by his ...

An intrepid critique of entrenched and entitled Muslim elites, CM Naim, a historian and essayist, recently passed away at 85.

The Missing Prayer is a tell-tale rhythmic recital of the losses, the voids, the gaps and the simplest of the tiny things ...

His poetry has been translated into numerous languages including Hindi, Gujarati, English, Russian and Chinese ...