The author presents a commentary on the portrayal of ‘nautch girls’ (‘nautch’ is an anglicized version of nāch) in the Urdu novel. In a discussion on Mirza Hadi Ruswa’s Umrāo Jān Adā, Hasan Shah’s Fas ... Read More
In this article Critical Study of shamsur rahman farooqi's Novel" Kai Chaand The Sar-e-aasman". ... Read More
Presenting a survey of the parodies of Allama Iqbal’s poetry, Imran Zafar examines parody (tāḥrīf) tradition in Urdu verse and offers an analysis. His article discusses parodies of some of the famous ... Read More
This short work brings to life, along with a brief introduction, an exciting find—a rare and generally unknown work of Sa`āat Hasan Manto. This is his English to Urdu translation of Sir Arthur Conan D ... Read More
This article is an exposition of the major Urdu translations—with a focus on Urdu verse—of Bulleh Shah’s Punjabi poetry. Ranging from Shafqat Tanvir Mirza’s translation to those of Shafi Aqeel and Ali ... Read More
In this article, the author spends a considerable time praising the poetry of Faiz, describing his style as often considered ‘soft, light-hearted and romantic’. The section of poetry by Faiz, which is ... Read More
Beginning with a discussion about the revolutionary aspect of Josh Malihabadi’s poetry, Mubin Mirza argues that apart from contingent and external factors that have influenced this poetry, it is Josh’ ... Read More
This paper argues that Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was one of the pioneers of critical historical research methodology in Urdu, working around the last quarter of the nineteenth century. His major work, Āsār ... Read More
In this lecture delivered in India, the author rehabilitates Mīr’s poetry squarely into the framework of Urdu classical poetics. Demonstrating a historical continuity of a robust tradition to which su ... Read More
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