Noor Jehan’s Chandni Raatein
Allah Rakhi Wasai (21 September 1926 – 23 December 2000), better known by her stage name Noor Jehan or Noor …
Category Archives: Urdu Poetry and Texts
Qayem Chandpuri
Muhammad Qyamuddin Ali Qayem Chandpuri or Qaim Chandpuri or Kayem Chandpuri (1722-1793), was an Indian poet. He was born at …
Raqs-e-Bismil
Raqs-e-Bismil means Dance of the Wounded Raq-e-Bismil (“Dance of the Wounded”) is the name of an album that holds a special …
Seene Mein Jalan
Sene mein jalan is a ghazal written by Shahryar who also penned the ever mesmerizing ghazal of the film Umrao Jaan (1981), and …
Faiz & Vishal Bharadwaj
One of the most read, revered and translated ghazals by Progressive Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz found a new and …
Vaqyaat
Vaqyaat or vaqya means an incident or an occurrence. Here is a beautiful dialogue from the popular Pakistani TV show …
Khwaja Mir Dard
Aage hi bin kahe tu kahe hai nahin nahin, tujh se abhi toh hum ne voh baten kahi nahi Mir …
Ahmaq
The lafz ‘ahmaq’ has Turkish and Arabic origins and is often used in Urdu everyday parlance to mean a silly …
5 best songs written by Gulzar for films..
Here is a slightly dated article that celebrated Gulzar saab’s birthday last week and lists out some of his best …
Couplets with “Sharab”
Given Below are five couplets with the word ” Sharab” (meaning wine/alcohol) in it, to mesmerize your weekend Jo haath …
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