Shiva's body is "like a glittering sapphire", he is "knowledge, nectar, action", the "Granter of Salvation": these encomiums ...

We have lost a legend. Urdu poet Rahat Indori is no more, but these lines will live for eternity. Here’s a look at some of his memorable works – poetry and shayari.

While romance book series and rom-coms certainly make you feel fuzzy inside, poetry strives to distill emotion into a short and sweet (sometimes even bittersweet) message. We’ve gathered the ...

Just one beautiful line of poetry can stay with you forever. So feel inspired with these quotes from poets including Rupi Kaur, Sylvia Plath and Audre Lorde. “Poetry begins with a lump in the ...

Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...

1997), but both had much benefitted from Saksena’s work and many of the verses reproduced by them as samples of Urdu poetry were simply taken from Saksena’s work. Since by ‘Indo-European ...

Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi commemorates the birth of Prophet Muhammad and will be celebrated from September 15 to September 16, 2024 ...

When reading poetry a reader will interpret what it means to them. Everyone's response is different. What is imagery? Learn about how writers use imagery, the impact of imagery and how it appeals ...

As we have seen, he participated fully in the social life of Urdu poetry. Indeed, it is difficult to imagine Urdu poetry without a social life, given the centrality of the mushā‘ira and the ...

Joe Coelho looks at how poetry can be performed, bringing the words to life rather than keeping them on the printed page. He explores what tone and timbre can bring to poems when performing or ...