Sama’a – Sufi Festival
This weekend , National Centre For Performing Arts (NCPA) will bring whirling dervishes, mystic poets, devotional singers, and documentary film …
Category Archives: Urdu Musings
Farishta
Farishta means angel, A spiritual being, Holy messenger The word Farishta has its origin in Persian. Farishta has been used …
137th birthday: What Allama Iqbal’s poetry has taught me so far
This heartwarming article written by Osama Sajid in The Express Tribune Blogs, gives a personal insight into the life and …
The Forty Rules of Love
In the book titled ” 40 Rules of Love” Turkish author Elif Shafak unfolds two tantalizing parallel narratives- one contemporary and …
Woh Humsafar Tha
The translation below has been sourced from:http://ruminatingrhetoric.blogspot.com/2013/03/woh-humsafar-tha.html Tarq-e-taaluqaat pe… At our parting of ways, Roya na tu, na main Neither …
Book on Sahir Ludhianvi
Look out for a book titled “Sahir Ludhianvi: The People’s Poet” which will be out in book stores in the …
Bol
Bol (meaning Speak), is a 2011 Urdu-language social drama Pakistani, Lollywood film written, directed and produced by Shoaib Mansoor, released …
Safarnāma
Safarnama refers to a travelogue. The lafz is of Persian origin. The suffix ‘-nama’ is frequently used in Urdu and …
The ‘Keats’ of Urdu
Asrar ul Haq Majaz (1911 – 1955) was an Indian Urdu poet also known as the ‘Keats of Urdu’ after …
Dilon Mein Tum Apni Betaabiyan Leke Chal Rahe Ho Toh Zinda Ho Tum.
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (English: You Don’t Live Twice) is a 2011 Indian coming of age comedy drama film directed by Zoya …
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