This article is based on an original document discovered in Lahore, providing authentic evidence of Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s role as a patron of arts. One part of the document consists of letters excha ... Read More
This is a first complete Urdu translation, along with references and notes, of Whittemore’s essay Iqbal’s Panentheism, that was first published in 1955 in the Review of Metaphysics (Tulane University, ... Read More
Arminius Vambery, a Hungarian turkologist and traveler, was a prominent orientalist of the 19th century whose works hold considerable significance as a study of the history and culture of Central Asia ... Read More
Urbanization has brought about progress for the human race at a certain cost. The constant, insatiable pursuit of physical comfort results in spiritual deprivation and loneliness, as well as a swifter ... Read More
This essay reviews two plays of short story writer and novelist Intezar Hussain. These are his lesser known works. The author brings to light the significance of the themes of these plays that highlig ... Read More
This essay highlights Iftikhar Jalib’s views on the importance of introducing new linguistic formations and abandoning the conventional use of language in Urdu poetry and prose. The essay limits itsel ... Read More
Metaphysical elements in literature appear in several shades, from the starkly visible to the mystically subtle. Fasāna-i ‘ajā’ib, a dāstān (tale, fable) by Rajab Ali Baig Suroor, written in the 19th ... Read More
PTV is the pioneer center of the TV drama in Pakistan. The article is an overview of the history of the Urdu drama as produced by its Lahore Centre. It also studies the emergence of the private networ ... Read More
Identity is the construction of the cultural process of a people, i.e. the social milieu in turn defines and shapes humans into the kinds of individuals they are. This shaping of identity is carried f ... Read More
This essay presents a comparative study of the life and works of Egyptian writer and journalist Ihsan Abdul Quddus and the Pakistani, Urdu fiction writer, Saadat Hasan Manto. Having lived in the same ... Read More
Letters have always remained significant in the study and analysis of biographical data and works of renowned literary figures. Up till now, only about one hundred and fifty of Saadat Hasan Manto’s le ... Read More
This essay explores the nature of fiction as a genre, its popularity in the present age, the socio-political dimension of its themes, and the responsibility of the reader who may interpret those theme ... Read More
This article reviews the collection of poems Bẖarē Bẖaṛolē by Wasif Ali Wasif. The poems in this collection are evaluated in the light of the Punjabi Sufi tradition of poetry with its own perception o ... Read More
“Qaṣīdā Burdā Sharīf”, a long poem written originally in Arabic by Imam Muhammad Sharf al-Din Busiri, has been translated into several languages by multiple translators. This article studies the Punja ... مزید پڑھیں
Urdu poet and screenwriter, Akhtar-ul-Iman was an important contemporary of Rashed, Miraji and Faiz. He had a formative influence on Urdu nazm and won the Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue in 1963 and ... Read More
The complexity of the Urdu language can be traced back to its origins where it gradually developed through the interaction between Persian speaking rulers. This particular dialect, affected with vocab ... Read More
The author here discusses the features of Faiz’s poetry that, in his opinion, contribute to the poet’s phenomenal popularity. It appears that his work has elements of inclusivity due to which it strik ... Read More
This essay traces the similarities in the syntax and morphology of the Urdu and Hindi languages. Numerous examples are quoted to support the thesis. It is maintained that, sharing eighty percent of th ... Read More
This article takes into account the Urdu newspapers and periodicals of India that went into circulation between 1815 and 1857 and establishes their contribution to literature through the literary mate ... Read More
This article critically reviews A History of Urdu Literature written in the English language by Ali Jawad Zaidi, published in 1993 by Sahitya Academy, Bombay (Mumbai), India. All thirty two chapters o ... Read More
‘Taṡniya’ or the method of representing nouns in pairs besides the singular and plural forms is derived in Urdu from the Arabic language. However, this has not been formalized as a rule of grammar in ... مزید پڑھیں
A rare edition of Wajid Ali Shah’s maṡnavī titled Daryā-i Ta‘ashuq is present in the Heidelberg University in Germany. This text was published by the Naval Kishore Press in 1885. This article presents ... Read More
This essay discusses the influence of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan’s movement. It particularly takes into account the importance that Sir Syed placed on scientific inquiry as well as his interpretation of seve ... Read More
The Islamic civilization in South Asia was greatly influenced by Persian, Arabic and to some extent, the Turkish language. Turkish was established as the mother tongue of the Mughal rulers of India. A ... Read More
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