Sauda
The greatest Urdu Satirist of Mughal India, Mirza Mohammad Rafi Sauda was born in 1713 AD to Mirza Muḥammad Shafi, an aristocrat …
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Who put the -stan in Afghanistan?
According to this article by Matt Soniak, the suffix of -stan to many countries can be attributed to the Proto-Indo-European …
The legend of Zohra Sehgal @ Mehfil
The vivacious and dynamic Zohra Sehgal was an Indian actress and choreographer. Sehgal started her career as a dancer in …
School ki Ghadi
Given below is a poem which is used in children’s urdu text books. It is a simple poem but yet …
Iqbal & Daagh: A master and his disciple
The great poet and philosopher, Allama Iqbal, who conceptualized and elaborated upon the concept of Khudi (the philosophy of Selfhood), …
Taameer
Taameer means construction, typically used in the context of building a house.. A beautiful ghazal below, sung by Jagjit Singh, …
Love in the Time of Choleric Capitalism
In a gallery in Bandra, Mumbai named ‘ What About Art?’, there was an interesting curotorial exhibit by Khanabadosh (an …
Follow Up: Munshi Premchand
Every child in India has read at least one short story by Premchand, either in school or in university. At …
Kafan
Kafan means Coffin or Shroud Kafan is the title of a short story written by writer Premchand a renowned Urdu …
Zindagi kya hai…
Brij Narain Chakbast (1882-1926) was one of the foremost lawyers of Lucknow in the early twentieth century. A veteran of …
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