Some are bankers, scientists, lawyers, doctors, computer experts or belong to other professions, but continue with the tradition of the mushairas and a love for Urdu poetry more broadly. Asia ...

On the reading list this week is an exemplary selection of Mirza Ghalib’s Urdu couplets, translated into English along with ...

Modern Poetry of Pakistan offers many offshoots of the classical tradition of Muslim poetry in India. Although Amir Khusrau (1253-1325), considered by some to be the first poet writing in a ...

“Some credit of taking Urdu to the masses goes to Rekhta ... panel discussions, mushaira, poetry recitations, masterclasses, and a curated food festival (Aiwan-e-Zaiqa). When it was started ...

The poetic exchanges between former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sushma Swaraj represent a unique chapter in Indian ...

Former PM Manmohan Singh and BJP leader Sushma Swaraj's urdu poetry battles made for some of the most viewed parliamentary debates on social media.

“IT has become a common practice among researchers to base their papers written on Mir Taqi Mir on a few old books as new thoughts on Mir have dried up,” writes Sadiqur Rahman Qidwai in his editorial ...