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During the year 2020, bells tolled for many scholars, writers and poets, but — and I say this with a heavy heart — some passed Published 24 Nov, 2020 07:20am

AS mentioned by Mubeen Mirza in his intro to this book, which he has compiled, Sa’adat Hasan Manto wrote that... Published 17 Nov, 2020 07:08am

IQBAL is one of the most favourite poets of Pakistan -- if not the most favourite. Published 09 Nov, 2020 07:27am

OURS is a society that does not understand the value of research. Published 03 Nov, 2020 07:27am

IN recent times a greater interest in Urdu autobiographies has been witnessed... Published 27 Oct, 2020 07:03am

PHYSIOGNOMY is one of the methods fortune-tellers use. It is the art of telling the character and destiny from... Published 21 Oct, 2020 07:11am

SHAMS-UR-RAHMAN FAROOQI had it right when he pointed out the fact that Urdu literature created in the South India,... Published 12 Oct, 2020 06:59am

WRITING about writers is not easy as it requires some peculiar qualities: a love of literature and arts, vivid... Published 05 Oct, 2020 07:05am

‘GESTALT’ is a German word which literally means ‘form’ or ‘shape’ and in psychology it is used... Published 22 Sep, 2020 07:02am

RALPH Russell was a British scholar, translator and teacher who loved Urdu. He spoke chaste Urdu and did not utter a... Published 15 Sep, 2020 07:12am

THESE days one feels that we need to read something that could lift our spirits as heavy monsoon rains and flooding... Published 08 Sep, 2020 07:16am

EARLIER this year, I had expressed my dismay over the lukewarm reception that Hasan Askari’s centennial received... Published 25 Aug, 2020 07:02am

PROF Dr Gian Chand Jain was a matchless research scholar... Published 19 Aug, 2020 07:11am

DUNCAN Forbes (1798-1868) was a Scottish scholar of oriental languages and literature. Though Forbes penned a number... Published 10 Aug, 2020 08:06am

Professor Inayat Ali Khan passed away on Sunday in Karachi. He was 85. Inayat Ali Khan was the last gunner in Akbar Allahabadi’s Published 27 Jul, 2020 07:22am

PAKISTAN Academy of Letters (PAL) was established in 1976 by the government of Pakistan to promote Pakistani... Published 21 Jul, 2020 07:03am

ALTAF Hussain Hali is among the writers who pioneered the genre of biography in Urdu. His Hayat-i-Sa’di (1886)... Published 14 Jul, 2020 06:54am

PROVERBS not only are packed with wisdom, but they also reflect the culture, society and the people who use them.... Published 07 Jul, 2020 07:06am

Stylistics is a branch of linguistics. It studies and analyzes linguistic features of texts — literary or otherwise. Published 30 Jun, 2020 07:08am

“DICTIONARIES are like watches: the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite ... Published 16 Jun, 2020 07:14am