NISHTER is a Persian word and it means a lancet, a surgical knife or blade. The 72 nishters or lancets, or 72 heart-pricking couplets, of Mir Taqi Mir was the mantra in Urdu criticism ever since ...

The Shankar-Shad Mushaira, a legacy since 1954, unites poetry lovers in a grand Urdu Shayari event. On 5th April 2025, ...

Lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar, in a conversation with India Today, spoke about the revival of poetry through social ...

Today marks the 33rd death anniversary of Eshrat Rahmani, a celebrated Urdu poet ... of Pakistan, he migrated to Karachi, where he continued his literary pursuits. His poetry captured themes ...

THE standards of Urdu have suffered a tangible lapse and we have come to terms with the tragedy. But one’s heart sinks when one listens to some so-called professors of Urdu mispronounce shehr aashob, ...

Twenty-third death anniversary of renowned Urdu poet and writer Sehba Lakhnavi is being observed today. Sehba Lakhnavi, whose ...

The book was verboten in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh ... Between 1741 and 1782, Mir reigned as the undisputed master of Urdu poetry, earning the epithet Khuda-i Sukhan (God of Poetry).