HOW intriguing that at a time when English, with its status as a global language, is swaying South Asian literary minds, one seasoned English fiction writer settled in London has taken a jump in the ...
KARACHI/ URDU LITERATURE: Urdu literature and history are integral parts of fiction writing, said speakers at the 'Fiction ke Baladtay Qalib' session on the third day of the ninth Aalmi Urdu ...
French author Julien Columeau reads a book in Urdu language at a book store in Lahore, on January 20, 2014 Frenchman Julien Columeau came to Pakistan at the age of 30 as a humanitarian worker – but a ...
HYDERABAD: Urdu has been the heart of Hyderabad since time immemorial. While the number of writers, readers and enthusiasts has slowly come down, the city has a golden few of them doing their every ...
A Twitter war broke out over Urdu writing on a savoury package after a video went viral on the micro-blogging site. In the video, a news reporter can be seen questioning a store manager of a Haldiram ...
In 1857, Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, better known by his last name, sought refuge in the art of letter-writing to express the pain and sorrow he had witnessed during the first War of Independence. A ...
Preeto & Other Stories: The Male Gaze In Urdu, edited and introduced by Rakhshanda Jalil, is a rather unexpected collection of translated short stories that offers a variety of approaches to modern ...
In this technologically advanced time, it is a struggle to remember when we actually picked up a pen and wrote a letter to someone. Emails and cellphones may be a faster medium of communication but ...
HOW intriguing that at a time when English, with its status as a global language, is swaying South Asian literary minds, one seasoned English fiction writer settled in London has taken a jump in the ...