On the 50th death anniversary of the literary icon this month, a tribute to his life and legacy.
Besides writing short stories, Mumtaz Shirin also brought out Urdu journal ‘Naya Daur’ with husband Samad Shaheen, which became a standard for journals at the time. Her literary criticism as a woman was a trailblazer in...
फैज़ साहब साहित्य को साहित्य तक सीमित नही रखते है। उसे ज़िन्दगी के साथ जोड़ देते हैं। फैज़...
Ismat Chughtai is a resounding voice in literature in India. She once said that she does not want to be buried after her death as burial is suffocating. She wanted to be cremated instead. Upon her death on 24 October 1991,...
Shaharyar may have got a short stint in Bollywood which has no match, still a lot of Shaharyar’s work spanning over four decades needs to be portrayed.
Once, he also had a dream to become a successful lawyer. But that was only a long time ago. Drug addiction has now turned him into a broken man with hopelessness crushing him every day.
On Thursday, Acclaimed poet Munawwar Rana has been admitted to a hospital here and is on ventilator support, his family said.
Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram, also known as 'Ram Dhun', is a bhajan that was widely popularised by Mahatma Gandhi and the lines 'Ishwar Allah tero naam' which he added to the bhajan were once a heavily used phrase in Bollywood...
Urdu author Khalid Jawed speaking at ‘Jashn-e-Rekhta’ said memories of the Partition which is an ‘unfortunate event’ will live on for years through...
Travels through the marvellous world of Urdu and Persian Ramayans
Excerpts from the Ramayana in Urdu by Asghar Husaain Khan ‘Nazeer Ludhianvi’.
Addressing an event titled 'Issues Before Indian Muslims' organised by the Vidarbha Muslim Intellectuals Forum here, Pawar batted for Urdu but also stressed on...
A scholar reminisces his growing up in a sleepy town in Bihar and how its secular fabric changed after loud-mouthed Hindu fanatic leaders landed there
The writer, an Indian, talks about the warm familial ties with the lady who she was named after, who happens to be on the other side of the border
English-language writers in the Valley feel discouraged to publish their books. Kashmiri-language writers have deep-dived into self-publishing. But everyone is...
The writer reflects on the importance of remembering Ismat Chughtai on her 107th birth anniversary for her definitive and timeless style of writing, and her...
A snapshot of poetic work that concretely deals with one of the most tragic events of the 20th century
Stories from the lives of Majaz Lucknowi, Ali Sardar Jafri, Sahir Ludhinavi, Javed Akhtar; Jagjit Singh, Kaifi Azmi, Gulzar and many more
In his novels, forbidden love and politics intermingle, sometimes explosively. Mumbai-based fiction writer Rahman Abbas, who has written five novels, has been...
Urdu publishing stares at a bleak present—of poor quality paper, printing, binding, packaging and no marketing. But most of all, it craves for readers.
Caught between twin pincers of the market and a communalised polity, Urdu is in death throes
Media is the fourth pillar of democracy, along with executive, legislative and judiciary. But, in the post-truth era of embedded journalism, newspapers have...
Along with Lucknowi mushaira and Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb, Urdu literature is in decline. And the current socio-political atmosphere can't escape its share of the...
With so much hate being spewed on social media and public platforms, the language of Urdu feels like a soothing balm
As advocates of regional languages gear up to face the threat of a Hindi deluge, they are also waking up to the existential threat of internal decay. We look...
