During a discussion at the India International Centre, senior journalist Saeed Naqvi remembered Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Sahir ...

In this episode of Urdunama, Fabeha Syed explores the meaning and beauty of vaqfa, the pause that speaks as deeply as poetry ...

Who are the Ghost Peppers? What happens when a Bengali-origin English professor and Partition scholar at a university in ...

Long confined in popular imagination to the delicate terrains of love and longing, Urdu poetry has often been misread as inward-looking, steeped in intimacy yet distant from the urgencies of the world ...

Khalid Jawed warns Urdu’s decline risks losing religious heritage. He critiques commercialization and literary stagnation—can ...

The 57th edition underscores the Mushaira’s expanding reach and enduring relevance, bringing together poets from across the country. Headlining the evening are two of the most revered figures in Urdu ...

The 57th edition of the Shankar Shad Mushaira will take place in Delhi on April 4, 2026, bringing together renowned Urdu ...

A vibrant celebration of Urdu literature took place in Karachi, where the 31st International Mushaira brought together prominent poets from Pakistan and abroad at the Expo Centre.Organised by Sakinaan ...

And so the man who lost a kingdom gained something more enduring. Bahadur Shah Zafar survives not merely as the final Mughal ...

Held in the shadow of global tensions, stalwarts of Urdu shayari lit up the evening at the 57th Shankar-Shad Mushaira in ...

Vijay Mishra changed forever when a cinema opened in his Fijian town, in 1951. He traces Bollywood’s shift from multicultural ...

You get a music band called Ghost Peppers – an unlikely musical team emerging from University of Central Florida, Orlando, ...