VIKAS DATTA Nearly nine decades after his passing away, his work returned to public consciousness with his famous couplet - "Zindagi kya hai, anasir mein zuhur-e-tartib/Maut kya hai, inhi ajza ka pareshan hona" recited in the start of offbeat, but hard-hitting...
Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy recently announced the awards for the year 2019-21. The list of awaredds includes eight writers from Jammu and Kashmir. Srinagar Jan 28,2023: Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy recently announced the awards for the year 2019-21. The list of awaredds...
The 225th birth anniversary of Mirza Ghalib, the doyen of Urdu poetry, was a forgotten event in the Taj city, his birth place, though a ritualistic 'mushaira' was held at a local hotel. BRIJ KHANDELWAL Agra, Dec 27,2022: The 225th birth anniversary of Mirza Ghalib,...
Even 154 years after his death, the legendary Urdu-Persian poet -- Mirza Beg Asadullah Khan, or just Mirza Ghalib -- often referred to as the 'emperor of romance', continues to live and thrive in public minds through his evergreen and raging verses or couplets. QUAID...
India Islamic Cultural Centre recently celebrated 'Jashn-e-Sahar' to honour the life and legacy of Urdu poet, Kunwar Mohinder Singh Bedi 'Sahar'. The event was hosted by Kunwar Mohinder Singh Bedi Literary Trust. New Delhi, Nov 17,2022: India Islamic Cultural Centre...
Languages connect people and are a means to express one's culture, value system and group affiliations. Lucknow, Sep 12, 2022: Languages connect people and are a means to express one's culture, value system and group affiliations. Hindi and Urdu are not just mere...
Aligarh, July 25: Prof Mohamed Quamrul Hooda Faridi, Department of Urdu has been appointed as the Director of the Urdu Academy, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) to promote, advance and encourage the study of Urdu language and literature. He said that he is excited to...
It would be easy to pass this off as imitation, but we must remember literature, like other forms of culture, and in all its spheres, is a human construct Vikas Datta Several cultures postulate a cyclical construct of time, instead of linear. This may or may not be...
“While all the facilities that were available to the Urdu newspapers earlier are denied today, the biggest setback to them is the denial of advertisement revenue,” said Masoom Muradabadi, Editor, Daily Urdu Jadeed Khabar. Waquar Hasan NEW DELHI – On its 200th...
27 March 2022 marks the completion of two hundred years of Urdu journalism. The first Urdu newspaper Jam-i Jahan Numa published its first edition from Kolkata on 27 March 1822. Asad Mirza THE occasion, when Urdu journalism is celebrating 200 years of its existence,...