Khayaal means thought, a fleeting whisper of the mind, soft as mist, yet powerful enough to stir oceans within. It is where ...

Poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar says social media is responsible for the revival of poetry, especially the one in the Urdu language. In an exclusive interview with India Today, while speaking ahead ...

The Quint’s Fabeha Syed has been honoured with the award for Best Show Host (Society & Culture) for the Urdunama podcast, at ...

ALLAMA Iqbal’s first poetic collection in Urdu, Baang-i-Dara, was first published in 1924. But before Iqbal could bring out ...

The bard of Bhopal always warbled a new melody. He settled on the banks of Yamuna, but the Upper Lake always lingered in his ...

“Very few people are familiar with Urdu literature, even through poetry. There were forms such as the qasida — used to praise someone or a marsiya, a song of sorrow that have faded out,” he say ...

A major Urdu poet who is acknowledged universally — he’s known as ‘khuda-e-sukhan’ (god of poetry) — his tercentenary went by with barely a few in the Urdu literary world remembering it.

Javed Akhtar, whose participation delighted the audience, said, “Poetry is not about big words or difficult ideas. It’s about saying something simple that touches people deeply. Tonight ...