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Couplets with “Sharab”

August 22, 2015

Given Below are five couplets with the word ” Sharab” (meaning wine/alcohol) in it, to mesmerize your weekend Jo haath …

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Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna

August 15, 2015

Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna is a patriotic poem written in Urdu by Bismil Azimabadil Urdu  in 1921, and immoratalised by the great freedom …

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Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi

August 14, 2015

Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi is an Urdu Satirical and humor writer from Pakistan. Yousufi has also served as the head of several …

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Chalte Chalte Yun Hi koyi mil gaya tha

August 9, 2015

Chalte Chalte is a song from the film Pakeezah. This film is a 1972 Indian film, written and directed by Kamal …

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Proverbs in Urdu

August 1, 2015

Proverbs give an interesting insight into the cultural references of a language. Given Below are some interesting proverbs in Urdu …

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In the Name of Those Married Women…

July 24, 2015

… is a chapter from the book A Life in Words: Memoirs translated from Urdu by M Asaduddin. It elaborates …

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Kooza

July 10, 2015

Kooza is the Urdu lafz for a very small utensil or vessel generally used to hold liquids. The lafz is …

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Ghazal, Ghazaal aur Gazelle

July 4, 2015

At Urduwallahs, we have often pondered over the etymological origin and similarity in the Urdu lafz ‘ghazal’ (poem) and the …

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Khusrau – Kabir Across Centuries

June 26, 2015

India has been blessed by the presence of several poet saints through centuries. Among the most revered and popular from …

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Husna – Piyush Mishra

June 21, 2015

Husna is a song written and sung by Piyush Mishra for coke studio. The music is composed by Hitesh Sonik …

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