The video begins with a voice-over. The subtitles appear on screen: “Abhi to baat lamhon tak hai, saalon tak nahin aai, abhi muskaanon ki naubat bhi naalon tak nahi’n aai … kaho to laut jate hain ...

In the profound words of the American poet James Tate, “Poetry is everywhere; it just needs editing.” Backed with a degree in video direction from the Film and Television Institute of India, Shivam ...

A new compilation of “nazms” or short urdu- Hindustani poems by Gulzar, titled “Pluto” after the small heavenly body that “ceased to be a planet” was released at the biggest art and cultural festival- ...

Anil and Tina Ambani's daughter-in-law, Khrisha Shah, shared photos from her wedding to Anmol Ambani with three poems by Urdu poet Rumi translated into English and the hashtag #LOVEnotfear.

Canonised as one of Urdu’s greatest poets, Mir Muhammad Taqi “Mir” of Delhi, who died in 1810, also authored a collection of verse in Persian. He composed verse in genres other than the ghazal, in ...

That 300,000 people celebrated Urdu verse during a three-day festival was testament to the peculiar reality of the language in India. The inaugural day of the Urdu poetry festival Jashn-e-Rekhta in ...

Buoyed by social media, Urdu poetry is enjoying new popularity in the face of divisive sectarian politics In a Delhi hockey stadium in December, about 100,000 people of various ages, genders, and ...