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 ...

Ghazal, probably the most popular genre of Urdu poetry, has many moods. Of them, the most prominent is love — both physical and metaphysical. But, according to some critics, love poetry should avoid ...

“My love, I cannot tell the tale of all the things I want from you. A hundred longings fill my soul, a thousand yearnings throng my heart.” — Mir Taqi Mir Of late there has been a renewed interest in ...

Starting from an early age, he wrote poems to express his thoughts during school days. However, poetry lovers have not known this until a group of close friends persuaded him to get his poems ...

I am much beholden to Kuldip Salil for my understanding of Urdu poetry. His latest offering, Best of Meer Taqi Meer: Selected Ghazals, Nazams and Rubaiyat, with their lyrical translation in English ...

Urdu poetry, fuelled by love and longing, fired up by politics, amplified by Instagram and reimagined by indie bands, is finding new fans What’s your love language? For young people in India today, it ...

JEDDAH — Bazm-e-Shagoofa in coordination with Khak-e-Taiba Trust (KTT), Urdu Gulban, Saaz and Awaz, Urdu Academy and Twin Cities Welfare Association organizations jointly organized a "Sham-e-Mizah (a ...

Rekhta Foundation on Friday launched its own Amazon Alexa skill where poetry lovers can enjoy hundreds of Urdu poems and shers (couplets) according to poets and genres like love, sadness as well as ...

New Delhi [India], March 26: As the holy month of Ramzan unfolds and Eid draws near, Urdusarai.com provides an ideal digital space for poetry lovers to immerse themselves in the beauty of Urdu verse.