“My best friend over there,” Robertson called him ... but now he was finding that writing poetry was, as he put it, “my salvation.” The unusual “visit” on the earlier night?

In Urdu, prose poetry or ‘nasri nazm’ is purported to have begun with Sajjad Zaheer, and subsequently crafted, among others, by Meeraji, Ahmad Hamesh, Wazir Agha, Kishwar Naheed, M.

Apart from his share of highs and lows, Rajiv will also be remembered for lacing his press conferences with Urdu couplets to make his point. “Kar na sakein ikraar toh koi baat nahi, meri wafa ka ...

Friend, philosopher ... The well-read Manmohan Singh also had a liking for the Urdu language and poetry, and he proved his prowess when challenged. During a Lok Sabha debate in 2011, the then ...

Eminent Urdu writer Shamim Tariq on Wednesday said that Firaq Gorakhpuri is the Mir of modern Urdu poetry. Tariq was speaking at the opening session of the two-day national seminar “Firaq ...

The 76th death anniversary of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founding father of Pakistan, was commemorated at the National Press Club in Dhaka with Urdu songs and poetry on Wednesday. Speakers on the ...

It’s time for a poetry slam revival, according to Boston Poetry Slam producer Myles Taylor. Slam poetry, which is a competitive event where poets recite spoken-word poetry in front of an ...

I became friends with Helen Vendler — the legendary poetry critic who died last week — six years ago, after she came to a talk I gave at Harvard about my 1965-66 Fulbright year in Ireland.

Urdu poetry, fuelled by love and longing, fired up by politics, amplified by Instagram and reimagined by indie bands, is finding new fans What’s your love language? For young people in India ...