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Here is a heart-warming ghazal by Abdul Hafeez ‘Hafeez Hoshiarpuri’, who was born in Hoshiarpur in 1912. He was considered …
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Falak
Falak – sky This urdu word has its origin in arabic. Equivalent Hindi words are gagan, aasmaan, akash. Poet Gulzar has …
Chaudhvin Ka Chand
Chaudhvin Ka Chand ( Full Moon) is a 1960 Hindi feature film directed by Mohammed Sadiq. A production of Guru …
Sahafat (Journalism) @ Mehfil
The evening at Mehfil was somber, as the topic for the evening was loaded. The audience who floated in were …
K Asif
Did you know that renowned filmmaker K Asif’s full name was Karimuddin Asif? K. Asif (14 June 1922 – 9 …
Tawaf
Tawaf- circumambulate/ walk all around Given below is couplet written by Poet Ahmed Faraz which entails the word ” Tawaf” …
Falsafaa
Falsafaa means Philosophy Here is a couplet by Sudarshan Faakir that uses the lafz – falsafe ishq mein pesh aaye …
Naushad Ali – Music Director
Regarded as a pioneer of Indian music, Naushad Ali was one of the first and foremost composers in the history …
Over My Shoulder – Alys Faiz
Did you know that Alys Faiz, whom renowned poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz had married in 1941, published a book of …
Urdu’s first newspaper
Did You Know – The first newspaper of Urdu language was Jam-i-Jahan-Numa, founded by Harihar Dutta in 1822 in Kolkata …
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