New Delhi: At a poetry gathering in Allahabad during her childhood, Shubha Mudgal was unexpectedly asked to sing a famous ghazal by Faiz Ahmad Faiz ... didn’t write in Urdu.” ...

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. With its rich collection of ...

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

Well into the 21st century, reading Faiz Ahmed Faiz ... Faiz began writing, Urdu poetry was not short of stalwarts. Iqbal had already cemented himself as arguably the greatest of his time, weaving ...

The death anniversary of founder of modern Urdu ghazal Nasir Kazmi is being observed today. He was born in Ambala, India. He passed his matriculation examination from Muslim High School Ambala and got ...

He was a poet who wrote under the pen name Shaheen. He even brought out a book — a compilation of four Persian ghazals, 30 Urdu ghazals, etc. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google ...

The 35th death anniversary of legendary poet and writer Faiz Ahmed Faiz was observed on Wednesday (November 20, 2019). His literary work and poetry influenced Urdu literature all over the world. He ...

AFRICA HAS a new breadbasket—or so says Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s prime minister. Thanks to a state-led programme of agricultural modernisation the country, once a byword for famine, claims to ...

Hassan Ahmad, said. Suri's wife, Mapheze Saleh, a US citizen from Gaza, has written for Al Jazeera and Palestinian media, and has worked with Gaza's foreign ministry. According to his lawyer ...

Jamshedpur: Under the aegis of the city’s esteemed social and cultural organization, The Bengal Club, and Jamshedpur Music Circle, an organization dedicated to promoting classical music, a ...

P. Singh, an Indian envoy caught in a diplomatic storm. His crisis is the sudden appearance of Uzma Ahmed, a woman who claimed to have been abducted and forcibly married in Pakistan. What followed was ...