Banjaranama – Chronicle of a Nomad
The Banjaranama (Chronicle of the Nomad) is a famous satirical Urdu poem, written by the eighteenth-century Indian poet Nazeer Akhbarabadi. The poem’s essential message is …
Category Archives: Urdu Musings
Annadata – The giver of Grain
Annadata is famous story written by renowned Urdu writer Krishan Chander. The story is about the Bengal famine of 1943. …
Majrooh Sultanpuri: Bending the rules of grammar in poetry
Here is a wonderful article by Akshay Manwani, who is the author of ‘Sahir Ludhianvi: The People’s Poet’. Akshay comments …
Pluto Poems – Gulzar
We can always count on Gulzar saab to make an ordinary, far-away occurrence, an endearing one making it personal, somehow. …
Hindi – Urdu: Two languages or one?
…the debate continues!! And this time, the question is situated in the location where the language appears to have originated …
A Space For Healing – Rummana Hussain
Rummana Hussain (1952 – 1999) was an artist and one of the pioneers of conceptual art, installation, and politically-engaged art in …
The Urdu-Chinese Connection
This recent story in Times of India reiterates the idea that language can never be restricted to borders or nations …
The Sun That Rose From The Earth
Following the stupendous success of the magnum opus, Mirror of Beauty, which was written in Urdu as Kai Chand Thay …
Manto in Oslo
Saadat Hasan Manto and his stories continue to inspire and evoke people from varied backgrounds around the world. Now, Toni …
Asha’r Yun Toh Zamane Ke Liye Hai
Given below is a poem written by poet Jan Nisar Akhtar, with its english translation. Asha’r yun toh zamane ke …
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