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WHAT surprises one is the fact that many of the British colonial officers carried out exhaustive research on the... Published Mar 31, 2020 06:56am

SHEIKH Shahabuddin Abu Hafs Umar Bin Muhammad Suhrawardy (1145-1234) was a Sufi, philosopher and author.... Published Mar 24, 2020 06:48am

LAST week I came across an article that said ‘Allah Hafiz’ was a recent coinage and it was used for the first... Published Mar 16, 2020 07:00am

BACK in 1930, some scholars from Deccan had a perception that Moulvi Abdul Haq was not publishing enough works by ... Published Mar 10, 2020 07:04am

WHAT is a glossary? A glossary is “a type of reference work which lists a selection of words or phrases, or terms... Published Mar 03, 2020 07:02am

THE writers and journalists whose contributions enriched Urdu language and literature in the early 20th century... Published Feb 25, 2020 07:05am

WHEN did the penning of critical reviews on Ghalib’s works begin? Just in case you were wondering, as February 15... Published Feb 18, 2020 07:13am

THE latest issue of Urdu Adab, a literary magazine published by Delhi’s Anjuman Taraqqi-i-Urdu Hind (ATUH), ... Published Feb 03, 2020 07:11am

THE year 2019 marked Muhammad Hasan Askari’s centennial. But it passed almost unnoticed, unlike the centenaries of... Published Jan 28, 2020 07:01am

IT seems that many things are frozen in time and they have not changed for centuries, neither will they. One such... Published Jan 20, 2020 07:06am

FLOGGING a dead horse is our favourite national pastime. Pakistani society keeps on kicking up controversies dead... Published Jan 13, 2020 07:08am

LITERATURE is a cultural construct and sometimes literary trends indicate the shape of a cultural phenomenon taking... Published Jan 06, 2020 07:07am

SOMETIMES literary success in a realm becomes an impediment in the sense that it eclipses brilliance of an author in... Published Dec 30, 2019 07:16am

MIRZA Ghalib (1797-1869) is a literary colossus. December 27 marks Ghalib’s birth anniversary. Published Dec 23, 2019 07:04am

THE use of textbooks for teaching in the classroom has its pros and cons... Published Dec 17, 2019 07:05am

WHO is the greatest poet of Urdu? The question is subjective and there cannot be any objective answer to it as... Published Dec 10, 2019 07:09am

MIRZA Ghalib, one of the greatest poets that Urdu has ever produced, has enticed and intrigued some of the great... Published Dec 02, 2019 07:17am

DR SYED Abdullah once remarked that Sir Syed Ahmed Khan’s too much stress on being rational was one of the reasons... Published Nov 26, 2019 07:05am

SHANUL Haq Haqqee (1917-2005) can be described as one of the few towering literary personalities of our times to whom... Published Nov 19, 2019 06:57am

MIRZA Mahmood Sarhadi was a poet of Urdu and known for his satirical and humorous verses. As he was considered a... Published Nov 05, 2019 07:04am