In the introduction to her new book, Love in the Time of Hate: In the Mirror of Urdu, Rakhshanda Jalil writes: “There are love jihads and there are love jihads. Mine turned into a labour of love.” ...

Writer, translator and literary historian Rakhshanda Jalil’s critical work on Urdu progressives and other writers is well-recognised as are her translations from Urdu. In her latest book, Love in the ...

Ramu Kharel in Karachi on his way for a tv interview about his emergency medicine work in Nepal in which he fluently recited Urdu poetry. Photos: ABDULLAH ZAHID/SAPAN NEWS On a usual bustling March ...

Her first poetry collection, Khushbu, published in 1976, brought her immediate recognition at both national and international ...

In the backdrop of divisive politics and the shades of enthralling and deeply insightful cultural histories, Rakshanda Jalil’s Love in the Time of Hate was launched at the India International Centre ...

Back to the city of poets after a three-year break, the annual festival—it commenced on Friday and will continue till Sunday at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium near India Gate—is a feast for ...

Andaaz-E-Bayaan Aur event, which hosts Mushaira-Kavi Sammelans (the joint presentation of Urdu and Hindi poetry, two poetic forms which have their homes in South Asia) created its customary magic ...

Thirty-one years have passed since the death of renowned Urdu poet Parveen Shakir, whose literary legacy continues to inspire ...