Indian writer, singer and poet Minu Bakshi, whose first language is Hindi and not Urdu, launched her ... “Minu Bakshi’s poetry is steeped in love and even more importantly in romance ...

In the introduction to her new book, Love in the Time of Hate: In the Mirror of Urdu, Rakhshanda Jalil writes ... she uses the fragments of old poetry to “shore against my ruins”.

Urdu poetry, fuelled by love and longing, fired up by politics, amplified by Instagram and reimagined by indie bands, is finding new fans What’s your love language? For young people in India ...

Mirza Ghalib 223rd birth anniversary: 20 couplets by the Mughal era Urdu poet that capture the pathos of love He came to Delhi as a married 13-year-old boy and left behind a treasure of quotes ...

Many of the modern, contemporary Urdu poets have written about love. Moving away from stylised depictions, love’s earthly and mystical depths have been explored. Nonetheless, love poems of a ...

So does a certain kind of passion, which borders on lunacy coupled with a celebration of deep, selfless love. From Laila ... The four collections of Urdu poetry that I wish to mention now reflect ...

New Delhi: Noted lyricist Javed Akhtar launched a book titled ‘Love, Longing, Loss in Urdu Poetry’ by industrialist and philanthropist Sanjiv Saraf at an event here on Wednesday. The event of ...

is a well-known name in Indian and Pakistani literary circles for his love for Urdu poetry. A dermatologist and venereologist by profession, Dr Zubair has authored over 100 books in Urdu and many of ...

outdone himself When nearly forty years ago Najam Hosain Syed started teaching Sachal Sarmast in his weekly Sangat (gathering), his poetry was not yet available in Urdu. Syed arranged for copies ...