There is perhaps no one in our country at least, who has not at one time or another in his or her life, been influenced by the beauty and softness of a “ghazal”. Reading a ghazal is one thing and ...

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 ...

Urdu International Australia creates a strong and coherent environment for literary and cultural activities. Famous Writer, Poet and Co-ordinator of UIA Ashraf Shad talking about upcoming Ghazal ...

English readers have loved Russian classic writers, the French naturalists, and the Latin American greats without even bothering to know the names of their English translators. The Translator’s ...

I came to know about his death from the Facebook post of young Urdu poet and a Hindi scholar Manish Shukla. The hope that morning brings, instantly turned to sorrow with the learning that renowned ...

It was an exciting day for Urdu poetry lovers, as Dubai-based organisation 'Bazm-e-Urdu' (BEU) that strives to promote Urdu language globally, held their annual poetic evening, that saw about a ...

MUMBAI — Indian singer Jagjit Singh died Oct. 10 in Mumbai, India, following a brain hemorrhage last month. He was 70. Singh’s crooning voice revitalized the dying art form of the ghazal — Urdu and ...