Purani Dilli to Ayodhya, Fouzia Dastango is reimagining Hindu epics to Meena Kumari’s story in Urdu. Crowds love it.

"Mera yeh dard-e-dil, meri shayari, mera junoon, ye sab meri zindagi ki haqiqat hai, aur main inhi haqiqaton ko lekar jeena ...

The new pace spearhead had dedicated his 10-wicket match haul in Birmingham to his sister who is battling cancer.

Urdu poetry still inspires people. While finding a sher or shayar is an issue, some platforms are giving a renewed push to a tradition in crisis.

Of prose poetry in Urdu By Syed Afsar Sajid Books: ‘Kahani ek shaher ki’ by Dr. Jawaz Jafri ‘Samaey ka dhara’ & ‘Dar-e-imkaN pay dastak’ by Yusuf Khalid Prose poetry is a literary form ...

Urdu Culture London invites you to an Urdu Shayari poetry masterclass on the works of Faiz Ahmed Faiz (on the occasion of his birthday month). The masterclass consists of interactive conversations and ...

Eminent Urdu writer Shamim Tariq on Wednesday said that Firaq Gorakhpuri is the Mir of modern Urdu poetry. Tariq was speaking at the opening session of the two-day national seminar “Firaq ...

This book is Jalil’s labour of love. It is a khazana, a treasury, of Urdu shayari that provides succour in our dark time. Over the course of 80 short essays, drawing on her deep love and ...

Majrooh Sultanpuri is the man who made shayari famous in the world of Bollywood lyrics and Urdu poetry. Born in 1919 as Asrar ul Hassan Khan, Majrooh Sultanpuri and his verses made major ...