If you were looking for a perfect conclusion to a picture-perfect evening of poetry, it was provided by Professor Waseem Barelvi, as promised by his presence among a galaxy of Urdu poets. A packed ...

Many of us love Urdu for the beauty of its words and the intricacies involved in pronouncing them. Although it was widely spoken in India once upon a time, it's not so anymore. What was considered to ...

Born and raised in Sialkot, Punjab, Sir Muhammad Iqbal was a South Asian Muslim writer whose poetry in the Urdu language is considered among the greatest of the 20th century.

Last year, some impressive works of poetry came out, in the genres of both nazm and ghazal. They not only have literary merit but are also relevant in the current political and social context. One of ...