In this episode of Urdunama, Fabeha Syed explores Roshni, light in Urdu poetry. From Shakeel Badayuni to Waseem Barelvi, discover how poets turn light into hope, courage, and resilience amidst ...
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Frances Pritchett’s monument to Ghalib
His remark, audacious yet profoundly reflective, declared that India possessed two revealed scriptures — the sacred Vedas and ...
Urdu is a hybrid language that is based on the spoken languages of Northern India with a generous overlay of Arabic and Persian words. ‘Urdu’ is a Turkish word, which means a camp. When Muslims from ...
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Mehfil-e-Sukhan celebrates Urdu poetry
A vibrant event titled 'Mehfil-e-Sukhan' celebrated the timeless art of Urdu poetry in the federal capital, bringing together some of Pakistan's most distinguished poets and poetry enthusiasts. The ...
Urdu poetry is often considered synonymous with love. Various shades of love, ranging from physical to metaphysical; all the nuances of the experience of love, ranging from disappointment to ...
If you want to make high-brow small talk at one of President Barack Obama’s cocktail parties, don’t bother brushing up your Shakespeare. Try reading Urdu poetry. As POLITICO’s Ben Smith points out in ...
Note: This story was originally published in October 2022 as part of Outlook issue 'Recasting Shiva'. It is being replugged on World Poetry Day 2023 as Outlook revisits the power of poetry in a world ...
The Maharashtra Urdu Sahitya Academy celebrated its 50th anniversary with Bahar-e-Urdu, an evening filled with riveting ...
That 300,000 people celebrated Urdu verse during a three-day festival was testament to the peculiar reality of the language in India. The inaugural day of the Urdu poetry festival Jashn-e-Rekhta in ...
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