What’s your love language? For young people in India today, it’s literally a language: Urdu. It’s been around for at least 800 years; the 2011 census shows that India has well over 67 million Urdu ...

After losing her defamation case against Ali Zafar, Meesha Shafi chose poetry over direct comments. In Instagram stories, she ...

Urdu poetry is often considered synonymous with love. Various shades of love, ranging from physical to metaphysical; all the nuances of the experience of love, ranging from disappointment to ...

Uski baaton mein mera dil aa gaya, Poet Minu Bakshi talks about her latest collection of poems, Barish-e-Rahmat. Ab toh woh taa-umr dhokha khayega... This couplet embedded in one of the poems embodies ...

Urdu poetry, a mesmerising tapestry of intertwined and conflated emotions, leads into the captivating world of nonconformism, a rebellion that transcends the tantalising tale of unrequited love. Led ...

Because she is the answer to our prayers,” wrote actors Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh on Instagram in November while revealing their newborn daughter’s name, Dua. Apt, memorable, and short—Urdu ...