Once the language of poets, revolutionaries, and common folk, Urdu remains a symbol of the Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb — a syncretic ...

In India, Urdu remains an official language in several states and continues to thrive in cultural, literary, and cinematic ...

The Partition of India in 1947 was not just a political division—it was a brutal separation of culture, history, and sacred ...

This exhibition claims to be the first major show of Sub-Saharan African art in the Middle East. With more than 300 objects, ...

A large audience from Islamabad and Rawalpindi gathered to listen to the mesmerising tale. Badr Khan, who has been involved ...

If more and more people from India visited Pakistan, I’m sure that their perception of the country and Pakistanis will change ...

When news broke about Kumudini Lakhia’s passing on April 11 at the age of 95, a silence fell over the world of Indian classical dance. The silence was not of emptiness, but of reverence — the kind ...

As Gulfisha Fatima completes five years in prison without trial, her poetry breaks through the walls meant to contain her ...

According to an official, well-known poet, scholars and literary figures would shed light on great Faiz's poetry and prose as well. He said that the local literary circle arranged Mehfil-e-Mushaira to ...

While courts around the world have often used song lyrics and poetry to explain a point ... Justice Katju opened his ruling with the famous line from the Faiz Ahmed Faiz ghazal Gulo mein rang bhare – ...