But Dr Sajid Siddiq Nizami’s just-published research-based book on history of Urdu prose from the earliest times to Ghalib not only dispels all these misconceptions but also makes the reader realise ...

This deep despair was, perhaps, result of a lifelong struggle that Josh, one of the most celebrated poets of Urdu, had to go through. Josh often found himself in the eye of the storm. But he had ...

Editor and translator Rakhshanda Jalil's new anthology begins with a story by one of the four pillars of the modern Urdu short story: Krishan Chander (right). (Images courtesy Rakhshanda Jalil and via ...