Rekhta is a form of Urdu used in poetry. Fresh data from the 2011 census says that Urdu is the seventh most spoken language in India. Over eight crore people speak Urdu in India alone. It is one ...

Hindi films would not be what they are without a dash of Urdu poetry. Naturally, a book that offers a rich variety of couplets, remarkable for their mnemonic quality, is likely to interest most ...

SG: Can poetry resemble prayer? AZ: Absolutely. Many poems, sometimes very beautiful ones, have a prayer-like aspect. The urge to write poetry is somehow akin to the urge to pray, also because most ...

Had it been completed, 'Ameer-ul-Lughaat' would have been one of Urdu's most authentic dictionaries ... great representative of Lucknow school's poetry but his poetry has a touch of Delhi ...

I associate it with the discourse surrounding an incident at a comedy club in 2012, when a woman in the audience yelled, “Actually, rape jokes are never funny ... poetry, essays and criticism ...

Dr Nuzhat Abbasi is one of Pakistan’s best-known contemporary women poet, who also has a most natural prowess ... presence on the map of Pakistani poetry in Urdu. She is associated with good ...

In Urdu poetry the image of Lahore as a city of enchantment ... son of Hafiz Mehmmod Shirani and most popular poet of early 20th century. (For how long the brilliancy of the Oudh’s evening ...

A man who died following a crash has been remembered as the "kindest, most loyal, loving, and funny person you could ever meet". Jay Newby-Gallagher died following a crash between a motorbike and ...

Alejandro Jodorowsky's 'Endless Poetry' is the most accessible movie he has ever ... with Jodorowsky weaving ticklishly funny metaphors into the action. In this case, it’s all about how the ...

Contemporary accounts also played a part – while film “Mirza Ghalib” was ambivalent, the TV serial on Urdu poetry’s most recognised poet was slightly more partisan in favour of its hero ...