STRANGE as it may sound, the earliest books on Urdu grammar were written by Europeans and the ones written by... Published Aug 22, 2017 06:59am

LITERARY perspective is often different from the views held by politicians. Contrary to the politicians, writers and... Published Aug 15, 2017 07:01am

IT is a pity that many books written on the history of Urdu language and literature do not mention, for one reason ... Published Aug 07, 2017 07:13am

MUSIC has a long history in the subcontinent. A large number of books were written on music here and till the... Published Jul 31, 2017 06:23am

Part 10 of the series exploring Pakistani Urdu writing over the past 70 years Updated Aug 01, 2017 12:52pm

APPARENTLY, Shibli No’mani died in 1914, but he has simply refused to die: books and articles on him, both ... Published Jul 25, 2017 07:04am

A MISCONCEPTION about Bengal is that Urdu has not been a language of literary expression in Bengal and hence Urdu... Published Jul 17, 2017 07:12am

SOME 50 years ago, a publisher in India began publishing selections from Urdu poetry. Each selection consisted of ... Published Jul 11, 2017 06:53am

Tariq Naeem, poet and the then PRO of National Book Foundation [NBF], once did not turn up at the office for two... Published Jul 03, 2017 06:56am

Traditional Urdu poetry dubbed the beloved ‘Eid ka chaand’, or ‘Eid moon’. It was a perfect literary allusion. Updated Jun 26, 2017 11:01am

Part nine of the series exploring Pakistani Urdu writing over the past 70 years Published Jun 25, 2017 11:31pm

IT is generally assumed that words borrowed from the English language or other European languages entered the Urdu... Published Jun 20, 2017 06:56am

IN 1916, an All India Music Conference was held in Baroda. Attended by grandees and renowned musicologists such as... Published Jun 13, 2017 06:19am

EVER since Dr Fatema Hasan has taken over as secretary of the Anjuman Taraqqi-i-Urdu Pakistan (ATUP) the spirit of... Published Jun 05, 2017 06:59am

SOME old Urdu proverbs, though using terms now rarely are used or understood, explain a situation succinctly and... Updated May 30, 2017 07:00am

Part eight of the series exploring Pakistani Urdu writing over the past 70 years Updated May 28, 2017 07:10am

AT the one-day symposium, organised by Idara-i-Farogh-i-Qaumi Zaban (IFQZ) to discuss the status of Pakistan’s... Updated May 23, 2017 07:00am

ATTRIBUTING literary works or religious texts to an author other than the real one is known as pseudepigraphy.... Updated May 16, 2017 07:01am

CHIEFLY known as one of the foremost Sufi saints of the Chishtiya order of mystics, Hazrat Baba Fareeduddin Masood... Updated May 08, 2017 06:48am

Part seven of the series exploring Pakistani Urdu writing over the past 70 years Updated Apr 30, 2017 07:05am