The earliest relic that shows humankind’s interest in language is a glossary of words prepared in Mesopotamia some 5,500 years ago. This article describes in brief the history of linguistic studies si ... Read More
Language does not only express ideas but is also reflective of social behaviors. One can easily notice that several social discriminations are constantly being transmitted through derogatory words, id ... Read More
This study aims to explain the processes of corpus-based Machine-Assisted Translation (MAT) from English to Urdu. It asserts that Translation Tools are of great significance for making the process of ... Read More
Majalis-e Jahangiri is a chronicle written by Abdus Sattar, a courtier of the Mughal emperor Jahangir. The book is based on the minutes of day-to-day proceedings of Jahangir’s darbār. The table of con ... Read More
It is a little-known fact that Christian preachers played a significant role in the growth of Urdu prose at the beginning of nineteenth century. At that time, the British rulers had (forcefully) estab ... Read More
Human psychology is not only embedded in instincts but cultures too. Rather, in some cases, the influence of society becomes so powerful that it begins to reign the cognition of an individual. Diversi ... Read More
This article studies and compares the main character of Khalida Hussain’s short story, ‘‘Gung Shehẓādī’’ (mute princess) and the symbol of Greek mythological goddess, Medusa from Hélèn Cixous's resear ... Read More
Khalida Hussain was an eminent Urdu short story writer. In her stories, she values self-awareness and introspection. This article attempts to analyze her short stories in the perspective of existentia ... Read More
The works of Jorge Luis Borges, the globally-acclaimed twentieth century Latin American writer, began to be translated in Urdu in 1962. He liberated Latin American short story from the mimicry of Euro ... Read More
In spite of their separate homelands and distances, the two poets Muhammad Iqbal and Ahmad Shawqi belong to the same generation. They were born in the last quarter of the 19th century and their poetic ... Read More
Postcolonial studies aim at interpreting and analysing literary texts produced in line with colonial project of reform or in resistance to the narratives of colonial masters. This essay seeks to offer ... Read More
Nasir Kazmi’s overwhelming applause of Mir Taqi Mir’s poetry, great urdu poet of classical period, is well known in the literary circles. But it is less known that Nasir Kazmi offers some insightful r ... Read More
Muqadama-e Kashmīr, a documentary drama written by Bakhtiar Ahmed on Kashmir’s modern history, was telecasted on PTV in 1991. It was telecasted thrice on PTV which confirms its popularity. The drama t ... Read More
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