Discover the significance of Urdu in expressing the seven stages of love - Dilkashi, uns, ishq, aqidat, ibadat, junoon, and maut. Explore how Urdu, once the language of the royal courts, has ...

In ‘Love, Longing, Loss in Urdu Poetry’, Sanjiv Saraf puts together a collection, in the original and in translation, that’s both comprehensive and imaginative.

Ghalib not only wrote shers (couplets) on love but also 0n philosophy, the travails, and mysteries of life through his poetry. Mirza Ghalib started writing poems at the age of 11. He wrote in Urdu ...

Mirza Ghalib, born on December 27, 1797, in Agra, was a well-known poet in the Persian and Urdu languages. Today, he remains one of the most popular and influential masters of the Urdu language ...

Firaq Gorakhpuri 124th birth anniversary: Remembering the Padma Bhushan awardee with some of his Urdu couplets on love and life that are still relevant in 2020 ...