Urdu poetry is often considered synonymous with love. Various shades of love, ranging from physical to metaphysical; all the nuances of the experience of love, ranging from disappointment to ...

Urdu poetry, a mesmerising tapestry of intertwined and conflated emotions, leads into the captivating world of nonconformism, a rebellion that transcends the tantalising tale of unrequited love. Led ...

The four designated stages inside the crowded stadium complex in the heart of the busy capital weren’t enough. So poetry lovers also took to the footpaths and the spaces in between, turning them into ...

In the introduction to her new book, Love in the Time of Hate: In the Mirror of Urdu, Rakhshanda Jalil writes: “There are love jihads and there are love jihads. Mine turned into a labour of love.” ...

It's well past midnight, yet the Sheikh Rashid Auditorium in Dubai crackles with infectious energy. Renowned Pakistani poet Abbas Tabish commands the stage, reciting his verses as applause erupts like ...

Her first poetry collection, Khushbu, published in 1976, brought her immediate recognition at both national and international ...

Writer, translator and literary historian Rakhshanda Jalil’s critical work on Urdu progressives and other writers is well-recognised as are her translations from Urdu. In her latest book, Love in the ...

Firaq Gorakhpuri 124th birth anniversary: Remembering the Padma Bhushan awardee with some of his Urdu couplets on love and life that are still relevant in 2020 Known to be at par with Ghalib and Meer, ...

Ramu Kharel in Karachi on his way for a tv interview about his emergency medicine work in Nepal in which he fluently recited Urdu poetry. Photos: ABDULLAH ZAHID/SAPAN NEWS On a usual bustling March ...