The Shankar-Shad Mushaira, a legacy since 1954, unites poetry lovers in a grand Urdu Shayari event. On 5th April 2025, ...

Lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar, in a conversation with India Today, spoke about the revival of poetry through social ...

Instead of weaving words of praise or appreciation, she approaches him with a voice forged in pain, unheard, unnoticed. What makes this poem a memorable and celebrated piece, is the fact that it is ...

Veteran lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar, famous Urdu poet Waseem Barelvi and well-known humourist Popular Meeruthi are among the eminent names participating in the upcoming 56th edition of the ...

Twenty-third death anniversary of renowned Urdu poet and writer Sehba Lakhnavi is being observed today. Sehba Lakhnavi, whose ...

The book was verboten in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh ... Between 1741 and 1782, Mir reigned as the undisputed master of Urdu poetry, earning the epithet Khuda-i Sukhan (God of Poetry).

He seemed not to have given much attention to ethnicity which would – and in Pakistan's case did – stand in the way of nation building. He himself belonged to a small ethnic group called the Khojas ...

Saba Karim Khan is an author, award-winning documentary filmmaker and educator. Khan’s debut novel, ‘Skyfall’ was published ...

Manoj Kumar's patriotism in cinema was something else. He didn't believe in the chest-thumping, hand-pump-uprooting or Pakistan-bashing patriotism of quintessential Bollywood. His enemy was the malice ...

Today marks the 33rd death anniversary of Eshrat Rahmani, a celebrated Urdu poet ... of Pakistan, he migrated to Karachi, where he continued his literary pursuits. His poetry captured themes ...

Celebrating two decades, fusion artiste Papon believes music is his identity, not business. Read the full interview here.