Acclaimed lyricist Javed Akhtar recently demonstrated his mastery of Urdu at the House of Lords in the British Parliament, ...

Renowned lyricist Javed Akhtar recently showcased his expertise in Urdu at the British Parliament's House of Lords, making ...

While Meena Kumari earned the title of Bollywood’s Tragedy Queen for her melancholic characters, her real life mirrored much ...

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

Sufism is at the heart of the Sindhi identity for both Hindus and Muslims of the Indian subcontinent writes PRANAV KHULLAR In the onceunited Indian subcontinent Sufi poetry and thought became the balm ...

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 ...