urdu

Awaiting stroke of luck

Awaiting stroke of luck

Calligraphers of old Delhi are pursuing their labour of love despite low returns as individuals and organisations help them get…

February 1, 2023

Jashn-e-Rekhta draws overwhelming crowd, but hundreds left unhappy

On Sunday night, as many as 200-250 people couldn’t enter the Major Dhyanchand Stadium, the venue of the world's largest…

December 5, 2022

Bask in Jashn-e-Rekhta 2022

The inauguration will be attended by Javed Akhtar, followed by a ghazal concert by Hariharan, and will conclude on December…

November 30, 2022

Loved, lost and found

Delhi-based artists Prassenjit and Akanksha will bring a fusion of sher-o-shayari and ghazals to the audience in their upcoming concert,…

September 1, 2022

Ghalib has been called back to the court!

Courtrooms and judicial proceedings have always been a nightmare for the legend of Urdu literature in his lifetime. Mirza Ghalib,…

August 27, 2022

Delhi’s Urdu Bazaar and the slow death of a language

The lane that is now seen as the go-to place for kebabs and other Mughlai cuisines was once the hub…

July 18, 2022

Ghalib ki Haveli: Where poetic memories linger

Fascinated by the Mughal era? At this museum, you can soak in the atmosphere of Mughal architecture, admire Urdu calligraphy…

June 25, 2022

Doha Movement – Resurrecting a lost art

With its first event titled ‘Ba-Yaad e Ijteba Rizvi’ and held on 2 October 2021, started what is arguably the…

September 17, 2022