Modern Poetry of Pakistan offers many offshoots of the classical tradition of Muslim poetry in India. Although Amir Khusrau (1253-1325), considered by some to be the first poet writing in a ...

Some are bankers, scientists, lawyers, doctors, computer experts or belong to other professions, but continue with the tradition of the mushairas and a love for Urdu poetry more broadly. Asia ...

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Asia’s largest storytelling festival, celebrated poet-lyricist Gulzar engaged in a nazm-laced conversation with Roshan Abbas. The session, ...