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The Khari Boli–Braj Bhasha controversy teaches us that languages are not just means of communication—they are repositories of memory, religion, resistance, and aspiration.
Maulana Azad National Urdu University has cancelled its academic memoradum of uderstanding (MoU) with the Turkeys' Yunus Emre over national security. Scroll down to read more.
Ersoy highlighted the significance of presenting one of Yunus Emre's earliest works, noting that the event also serves as a reminder and celebration of the thought that shaped the civilization’s past, ...
Celebrating this Sufi legacy, rooted in the spiritual ethos of love, unity, and enlightenment, is the first edition of the Sufi Heritage Festival, organised by the Sufi Heritage Project in Delhi.
In line with this, he will participate in Jahan-e-Khusrau, which is an international festival dedicated to Sufi music, poetry and dance," the PMO's statement said.
Srinagar, Dec 17 (ANI): Traditional folk songs, especially Sufi music, are still very popular especially Sufi music listeners in Srinagar. Kashmir has a rich cultural history of thousands of years ...
In his keynote address, Shamim Tariq highlighted Firaq’s ghazals, poems, and rubais, stating that Firaq is the architect of modern ghazal. He continued to experiment with poetry, which is why ...
Prof Dr Halil Toker, country director of the Yunus Emre Institute Turkish Cultural Centre in Pakistan, has been pivotal in promoting Turkish culture and language in Pakistan and Urdu language ...
The festival of colours incites vibrant hues in the arena of history, art, culture and poetry. From the literature of the Mughal epoch to Sufi-poems and Urdu-shayari, the Holi opens up chronicles ...
BOOK EXCERPT Poetry picks: Read Ishrat Afreen’s feminist Urdu poetry in translation An excerpt from ‘Humsafar: The World of Urdu Poetry’, by Hitesh Gupta Aadil.