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 ...

SOME 50 years ago, a publisher in India began publishing selections from Urdu poetry. Each selection consisted of 100 best couplets of an individual poet. Many such selections were published and it ...

Mirza Ghalib is one of the most popular and well-known Urdu poets of all times. Mirza Ghalib is probably the best-known Mughal era poets of all times. His poems are celebrated for the poignant and ...

Jameela Nishat gives us a profound gift – a set of poems that are evocative, poignant, provocative and insightful.

Anil and Tina Ambani's daughter-in-law, Khrisha Shah, shared photos from her wedding to Anmol Ambani with three poems by Urdu poet Rumi translated into English and the hashtag #LOVEnotfear.

rimmed with the kohl of acid. I would have been bartered in satta-vatta or used up in kari. Every dream I dreamt would have remained unfulfilled.

A few weeks ago, in a class on Urdu poetry in translation, I was asked a disconcerting question about the status of Urdu as a language. In light of the frequent controversies generated around the ...