Momin’s poetry of futile love
Here is a slightly dated but enlightening article on Urdu poets from the golden era of Urdu poetry when the …
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Ibn
Ibn means son In Urdu, Persian and Arabic names, both ibn and bin can be translated as “son of.” It’s not uncommon for names …
Celebrating Urdu Poetry @Mehfil
Urdu poetry is a rich tradition of poetry and has many different forms. It is basically an outcome of superimposition of Persian …
Ab kis ka jashn manaate ho..
The genius of Urdu poet Ahmed Faraz is evident in this brilliant nazm where he questions the celebrations for India’s …
Ab ke hum bichhde to shaayad kabhi khwaabon mein mile..
A wonderful ghazal by Ahmed Faraz and sung by the legendary Mehdi Hasan: Ab ke hum bichhde to shaayad kabhi …
Yalgaar
Yalghaar or Yalgaar means assault/attack. Yalgaar is also the name of a 1992 Hindi film directed by and starring Feroz Khan alongside Sanjay Dutt, …
Shakespeare of Urdu- Agha Hashar Kashmiri
Agha Hashar Kashmiri (3 April 1879 – 28 April 1935) was an eminent Urdu poet, playwright and dramatist and was called …
An evening with Poet Ahmed Faraz.
On the 13th of October 2015, we had a Mehfil celebrating the life and works of poet Ahmed Faraz. Ahmed …
Tasavvur
Tasavvur is the Urdu lafz for imagination and is often used in lyrics of Hindi films as well. Here is …
How Bollywood Dialogues Would Sound Without Urdu Words
Haal-e-dil a Magazine has translated some famous bollywood dialogues in Hindi to explain what they would sound like without using Urdu …
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