An Evening Spent In The Company Of Firaaq Gorakhpuri

April 18, 2013

9th of April 2013 was the date set for the mehfil on poet Firaaq Gorakhpuri. As dusk painted its colour …

Pisar

April 13, 2013

Pisar means Son, Boy This word has been used by poet Firaaq Gorakhpuri in a splendid poem. Given below …

April 12, 2013

Did You Know – The first book in Urdu is known to be Sabras (سب رس), written in 1635-36 by …

April 7, 2013

We, the Urduwallahs, have often wondered about the origin of certain words we frequently use, in our everyday life – …

April 5, 2013

This evening there is an interesting play titled “Parchaiyaan” starring Tom Alter. It is a musical and dramatic exploration into …

April 4, 2013

Muddatein ho ke teri yaad bhi aaye na hamein, Aur tumhe bhul gaye hon, aisa bhi nahi. Translation: True, that …

March 31, 2013

Goya, the simple unassuming Urdu lafz which means “as if” and has been mentioned on our blog before (https://urduwallahs.wordpress.com/2012/04/24/goya) makes …

March 30, 2013

Anjuman (Urdu: انجمن)means an assembly, association, gathering or meeting. Anjuman is originally a Persian word, its roots are from the …

March 27, 2013

Poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz wrote in English as fluidly as he wrote in Urdu. One of his English masterpieces titled …