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 ...
Khaleej Times: Dubai speaks 'language of love': How the city became world’s go-to hub for Urdu poetry
Dubai speaks 'language of love': How the city became world’s go-to hub for Urdu poetry
The Hindu: ‘Urdu Kitab Mela’ brings the language of poetry closer to masses
Urdu Language Urdu belongs to the Indo-European or, more specifically, the Indo-Aryan language family. Apart from serving as the lingua franca in Pakistan, it is also used in six states of India, and is one of its 22 official languages. It is closely related to Hindi and was officially recognized during the British Raj in 1837. Urdu was strongly influenced by Persian and Arabic and almost all ...
The Financial Express: Old script, new story: Urdu poetry thrives amidst challenges
Eminent Urdu writer Shamim Tariq on Wednesday said that Firaq Gorakhpuri is the Mir of modern Urdu poetry. Tariq was speaking at the opening session of the two-day national seminar “Firaq Gorakhpuri: ...
Scroll: World Poetry Day: Passion, migration, and spiritual geography in the Urdu poet Iftikhar Arif’s poems
World Poetry Day: Passion, migration, and spiritual geography in the Urdu poet Iftikhar Arif’s poems
Jashn-e-Rekhta 2020 (“Festival of Urdu language”) will present a finely curated artistic programme representing the rich tapestry of Urdu culture & heritage. The sixth edition of the world’s largest ...
Gulf News: Dubai celebrates Urdu poetry in a night of legends, culture, and inspiration