Another twist in the tale is a growing estrangement from general public in India and many perceive Urdu as a language too poetic or sweet-sounding to be used in everyday life. Some make fun of ...

Literary Notes: Tribute to Urdu’s first woman researcher and critics on Women’s Day Rauf Parekh Published March 6, 2023 0 Join our Whatsapp channel ...

54. Urdu lughat taareekhi usool par: the most comprehensive, 22-volume Urdu dictionary published by Urdu Dictionary Board, Karachi. 55.

Sixty four years of Pakistani have seen Urdu Art criticism in Pakistan grow from merely a few notices here and there to a fully grown genre. Before the partition Art criticism was a genre to be ...

Renowned poet Anwar Shuoor remarked that despite Yasmeen Yas's origins in Mansehra, her ability to express emotions in Urdu was remarkable. Political leader Taj Haider lauded Yasmeen Yas as a ...

If they do, the freshly minted maximum value currency of Rs 2,000 denomination is faulty, say Chennai-based Urdu scholars. While ‘hazaar’ means thousand, ‘bazaar’ means market.

Renowned Urdu novelist Abdullah Hussain passed away on Saturday. He was 84. Mr Hussain’s family told Dawn that he had been suffering from blood cancer for the past year. He was taken to the ...