PESHAWAR: The Lahore-based publication house Mavra Books’ rare collection of selected Urdu poems of top 62 poets scaled new heights in the literary circles. The title has recently hit bookstands in ...

A few months ago, at the launch of a book of Urdu poems—Hukm E Safar Diya Tha Kyon by Shantiveer Kaul—a poet in his mid-60s said he rarely got a chance to attend such events now because “ab us peedhi ...

It’s a different emotion whenever I read the Urdu language. I’m not a native speaker, but I find solace in reading shayari ...

Frances W. Pritchett, a well-known critic of Urdu and professor at Columbia University, writes: “To me ghazal’s reliance on its wonderful networks of images and conventions makes it very clear that ...

Noted Doha-based Urdu poet Ateeq Anzar's collection of poems 'Achhe Din Ka Sog' has been released at a ceremony organised by Karwan-e-Urdu Qatar, a literary organisation of the Gulf. The ceremony was ...

Renowned poet and writer Om Krishan Rahat was one of the most senior and famous literary figures of Sydney living in Australia for more than two decades. He died at the age of 93 on 12 th September ...