Ajaib Kamal (1932–2011) was not only a prolific author but a revolutionary force in Punjabi literature, penning more than 50 ...

How One Ancient Language Went Global” explores the roots of language and how it spread and changed across time and place.

The implementation, however, did not concede to the extreme recommendation, but replaced Urdu with English as the medium ... He also wrote Urdu poetry for the Urdu weeklies Siasat and Rahnuma ...

In the early 20 th-century, the form gained currency in English with writers like James ... literary genre with their contributions. In Urdu, prose poetry or ‘nasri nazm’ is purported to ...

While Manmohan Singh could speak Hindi and English fluently ... Key Takeaways The use of Urdu poetry in political discourse can add depth and cultural richness to parliamentary debates.

While Firaq was also an expert in English and made significant ... a great poet of this beautiful language. His poetry resonates in both Hindi and Urdu. The head of the Urdu Department, Prof ...

Let me admit that I am a votary of the following falsifiable proposition that is almost a cliché among those who follow Urdu poetry: A great poet creates ... s”—evokes the world of a globalised ...

In 'The Essential Ghalib’, Anisur Rahman presents an exemplary selection of Mirza Ghalib’s Urdu couplets, translated in English along with critical ... Hashmi into a new wave of dissent in Urdu poetry ...

In the introduction to her new book, Love in the Time of Hate: In the Mirror of Urdu, Rakhshanda Jalil writes ... she uses the fragments of old poetry to “shore against my ruins”.

This approach aimed to ground poetry in observable reality, a move that was both revolutionary and controversial. According to Sikander, Sir Syed first used the English word ‘nature’ in Urdu in his ...