Drawing on the traditions of Arabic and Persian poetry, the classical writers of the Urdu ghazal frequently employed interconnected metaphorical systems. Iqbal’s response to this garden often ...

In Urdu poetry the image of Lahore as a city of enchantment began appearing a bit later. Lahore emerged as a new metropolitan centre of Urdu poetry in the last quarter of 19th century. Dr G W ...

One of South Asia's major literary traditions comes to life in New York this Saturday, April 30, when Asia Society, in collaboration with Poets House and City Lore, hosts a mushaira, a group reading ...

In the introduction to her new book, Love in the Time of Hate: In the Mirror of Urdu, Rakhshanda Jalil writes ... she uses the fragments of old poetry to “shore against my ruins”.

Javed Akhtar, whose participation delighted the audience, said, “Poetry is not about big words or difficult ideas. It’s about saying something simple that touches people deeply. Tonight ...

NEW DELHI: Shankar-Shaad Mushaira -- one of the three historic Urdu poetry symposiums -- will bring veterans and new-age writers/poets to the same podium. The annual event is an opportunity for ...