LOVE SUPREME’, GLYNDE PLACE, GLYNDE 6.7.25 Europe's biggest outdoor jazz festival ‘Love Supreme’ returned to the beautiful ...

Guru Dutt's works were not just cinematic gems but reflections of his own life and piercing critiques of society and its ...

From melancholic ghazals to magnetic film lyrics and contemporary indie playlists, younger generations are rediscovering the lyrical power of Urdu.

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From Nazia Hassan to Young Stunners, Pakistan’s music has evolved, adapted, and thrived against all odds.

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The transformation of Pakistan over the decades is, in many ways, reflected in the evolution of its artistic and architectural landscape.

Night Reign, consequently, embraced both Urdu poetry (Na Gul) and the Great American Songbook (Autumn Leaves), while also moving into tenser zones (Bolo Na, featuring spiky poetics from Moor Mother).

For years, the translator read Mir’s poetry and slowly found out that he was misunderstood as a poet of heartbreaks and longing for love. During his research, Hoskote discovered Mir’s versatility, ...

This book is Jalil’s labour of love. It is a khazana, a treasury, of Urdu shayari that provides succour in our dark time. Over the course of 80 short essays, drawing on her deep love and ...