A Rebel and Her Cause
This title can indeed be given to one of the most prolific and creative of female Urdu writers of India, …
Category Archives: Urdu Poetry and Texts
Keep your dragon in the snow
Here is an interesting project by Sufi Studios who are illustrating the poems of Jelaluddin Rumi in their upcoming book …
Dedh Ishqiya: Inspired by Ismat Chughtai
Here is an interesting take on Dedh Ishqiya, the movie currently playing in theatres, that was posted on the blog …
Muqtida Hasan Nida Fazli
Muqtida Hasan Nida Fazli popularly known as Nida Fazli, is a popular Indian Urdu poet. Born on 12th October 1938, …
Shams – o – qamar
Shams – o – qamar means sun and moon Similarly: aftaab means sun and mahtaab means moon Tol-e- Aftaab means …
Abru
Abru means Honour/Fame/Respect also means eyebrow in Urdu Given below is a beautiful poem written by poet Muhammad Iqbal in …
Alif Laila – Thousand Nights
Alif Laila (The Arabian Nights, also known as The Thousand and One Nights), is a collection of original talks or stories …
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 …
Aaj phir unkaa samnaa hoga…
Another gem from From Jagjit Singh’s album ‘Love is Blind’. If anyone knows the poet, do let us know – …
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 …
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