Parveen Shakir started writing at a very young age. She wrote both prose and poetry, contributed columns in Urdu newspapers, and a few articles in English dailies. She was winner of the Pride of ...

SUMIT PAUL takes us back to the past when we exchanged greetings couplets and mithai with neighbouring countriesPakistanA Pakistani editor friend of mine from Faislabad erstwhile Layalpur sent me a ha ...

Perhaps, nobody in the city conforms more to the top court's definition of Urdu than former IRS officer-poet Vinod Kumar Tripathi. Tripathi, 68, whose pen name is ‘Bashar', embodies the language ...

The event brought together students, educators, poets, and literary enthusiasts for a day dedicated to showcasing the richness and elegance of the Urdu language through competitions and artistic ...

The film hit the right spot with its first song, Zinda Banda Hai. A popular couplet from the poem of renowned Urdu poet Waseem Barelvi was used in the song. The quote goes, “Usoolon Pe Jahaan ...