Translating poetry is an artistic endeavor in its own right, because something that complex necessitates creating new meaning.

“Taj Mahal has its own speciality, but when I speak to experienced heritage scholars, many have the opinion that Hyderabad’s ...

In March 1986 Sayyid Ali Khamenei, who would three years later become Iran’s supreme leader, gave a speech at a major conference in Tehran on the Indian poet-philosopher Muhammad Iqbal. Iqbal lived in ...

New Delhi, 7th December 2025: The second day of Jashn-e-Rekhta 2025 unfolded as a grand tribute to Urdu’s cultural richness, drawing thousands of admirers to a day packed with theatre, poetry, music, ...

In its 10th year, Jashn-e-Rekhta — an ode to Urdu’s legacy and one of the more significant cultural gatherings in the Capital’s cultural calendar — will feature a dramatic finale this year. On ...

It is while flipping through the yellowed pages of an old feedback register at Danish Mahal that I spot Manzoor Parwana. Seated quietly in his chair, sipping a glass of tea, the 77-year-old retired ...

With this new adaptation, translated by Sulaiman Khateeb, Rais Anis Sabri aims to make Khusro’s timeless message more accessible to Urdu and Hindi-speaking audiences—without losing the spiritual ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...

Poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar on Monday asserted that he believed he was “doing something right as long as both” Hindu and Muslim fundamentalists were abusing him, his comments coming against the ...

The West Bengal Urdu Academy has postponed its four-day annual festival to celebrate ‘Urdu in Hindi cinema’ after opposition from some Islamic organisations to renowned poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar for ...

The State-run West Bengal Urdu Academy, which was all set to hold a four-day festival to celebrate Urdu in Hindi cinema, has put off the event following opposition from some Islamic organisations to ...

Doha: The Sheikh Abdulla Bin Zaid Al Mahmoud Islamic Cultural Center, in cooperation with Qatar Radio, presents the Urdu-language programme Noor wa Baseera. The programme receives listeners’ questions ...