2024 Jawad Memorial Prize for Urdu-English Translation: Read the winning poems

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· Yesterday · 05:30 pm

‘Darkness has spread, prudence is lost’: Read Urdu poet Zehra Nigah’s poems in translation

Zehra Nigah Rakhshanda Jalil

· Nov 15, 2024 · 05:30 pm

Mirza Farhatullah Baig’s Urdu novel ‘Dehli Ki Aakhri Shama’ recreates Delhi’s lost poetic heritage

Khawar Khan Achakzai

· Sep 29, 2024 · 08:30 am

Urdu schools left in lurch by CBSE decision to allow board exams in only English, Hindi

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· Sep 20, 2024 · 03:26 pm

‘An act of dancing in chains’: Ranjit Hoskote on the ‘luxury of interpretation’ in translation

Tansy Troy

· Sep 01, 2024 · 07:30 am

‘You’re a poet, don’t be silent’: Ranjit Hoskote translates ‘god of poetry’ Mir Taqi Mir from Urdu

Mir Taqi Mir Ranjit Hoskote

· Aug 23, 2024 · 01:30 pm

‘On the Other Side’: The good and the bad Muslim, and the Urdu language that just wants to exist

Rahul Singh

· Jul 28, 2024 · 03:30 pm

‘Love in the Time of Hate’: Rakhshanda Jalil’s book is a loving tribute to the Urdu language

Uma Nair

· Jul 20, 2024 · 01:30 pm

Fiction: The psychological dilemmas of a liberal man living in an orthodox Muslim society

Rahman Abbas Riyaz Latif

· Jul 08, 2024 · 05:30 pm

How a global organisation of volunteers is kindling love for Urdu

Abdullah Zahid

· Jun 10, 2024 · 11:30 am

How men depict women’s attire such as the aanchal, the angiya, or the dupatta in Urdu poetry

Rakhshanda Jalil

· May 23, 2024 · 01:30 pm

This novella is written as a letter to god from a 16-year-old girl who has just been married

Mirza Azeem Baig Chughtai Zoovia Hamiduddin

· Apr 30, 2024 · 05:30 pm

Watch: Filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj’s new song is influenced by Urdu poet Bashir Badr’s ghazal

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· Mar 27, 2024 · 11:19 am

Poet and filmmaker Gulzar, and Sanskrit scholar Rambhadracharya win 2023 Jnanpith Award

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· Feb 20, 2024 · 10:36 am

‘Echoes from the Past’: A richly-detailed insider account of Hyderabad’s royalty and their quirks

Mohammad Asim Siddiqui

· Feb 17, 2024 · 08:30 am

Poetry picks: Read Ishrat Afreen’s feminist Urdu poetry in translation

Ishrat Afreen Hitesh Gupta Aadil

· Jan 30, 2024 · 05:30 pm

‘Urdu: The Best Stories of Our Times’ engages with critical issues and offers no easy solutions

Saloni Sharma

· Jan 28, 2024 · 08:30 am

Sana R Chaudhry wins the 2023 Mozhi Prize for translation

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· Jan 17, 2024 · 03:56 pm

‘Tu Hai Kahan’: Star singer Zayn Malik sings his first-ever Urdu song with Pakistani band AUR

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· Jan 15, 2024 · 04:26 pm

A new book of Urdu short stories in translation reveals contemporary Kolkata in unexpected ways

Mahmoud Yasien Afif Shams Siddiqi

· Jan 03, 2024 · 05:30 pm