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Punjabi is one of the oldest and richest languages of the world. It is the true career of the local tradition and heritage of the land of the five rivers - Punjab. Its classical as well as modern l ... Read More
Riaz Majeed is a renowned contemporary poet, author, researcher, critic and an active literary personality. He has mastery of ghazel, poem, Naat, Manqabat and other literary genres of both Urdu and ... Read More
Amir Khosrow is one of the greatest Persian poets of the Subcontinent. His knowledge in Arabic, Persian, Turkish and Hindi languages enabled him to employ exotic puns and stunning literary tricks. ... Read More
Before the advent of Islam into the Subcontinent, the local culture and civilization was chiefly marred with the evils and illnesses detrimental to prosperity of all members of the society. With th ... Read More
The tradition of composing glorifying verses on the Holy Prophet (PBUH) has been very rich from the very time of his Holiness (PBUH). Following the Arabic tradition of Naat, poets of almost all imp ... Read More
Maulana Zafar Ali Khan was a politician, journalist, orator, public speaker and preacher. Indeed he won reputation by his indefatigable and industrious role in the freedom movement. He was a gradua ... Read More
Khawaja Moin-ud-Din is a popular play writer of Urdu. He wrote almost seventeen plays, some of them before independence and other post independence. He has not only pointed out social problems but ... Read More
Capitalism is in a way a continuation of the feudal system. This system is directly related to the French and the Russian revolutions. The Bolshevik movement served as oxygen in pursuit of the righ ... Read More
Wahab Ashrafi is considered one of the critics of first rank in Urdu language. He has studied Urdu fiction and has deep insight into the criticism of Urdu literature. He is one of the modern and pr ... Read More
Story is an essential element of any genre of fiction. A novel cannot be written without a story. Importance of story and its role in a novel has been discussed a lot all over the world especially ... Read More
Natural phenomena have significant value in Punjabi poetry, both classical and modern. Trees, plants, shrubs and crops are used as references to enlighten the world; from body to soul. Trees are as ... Read More
Bedil Delhavi was a Sufi saint and a remarkable poet of the Indian Subcontinent. He was the foremost representative of the later phase of the Indian style, Sabk-e-Hindi of Persian poetry and the mo ... Read More
Qiran al-Sa'dain by Amir Khosrow was written at the request of Sultan Kaiqubad. The poem is based on the reconciliatory meeting of Kaiqubad, the Sultan of Delhi and his father, Bughra Khan, the rul ... Read More
Abu Tayyeb al-Mutanabbi is one of the most prominent and influential poets of the Arabic language. Undoubtedly, he is a genius and a great master of Arabic verse. His poetry is remarkable for its o ... Read More
Urdu literature is not limited to content and form anymore. Under the influence of Internationalism, Urdu has adopted many words, terms, places and personalities as its subject matter. Its literatu ... Read More
The matchless literary contributions of Meer Anees' family for Urdu literature are unforgettable. The three distinguished ancestors of Meer Anees will always be recognized in the literary history o ... Read More
Syed Suleman Nadvi was a renowned literary personality of the Subcontinent. He was a biographer, researcher, historian, letter writer, linguist, Muhaddith, critic and travelogue writer. Besides edi ... Read More
Zahida Hina is a prominent and versatile personality of Urdu literature. She is known for her column writing, fiction writing and translation. She has also penned a novelette by the name of "Na Jan ... Read More
New standards of criticism after 1980 made the mental activity of the writer and the reader part of the criticism which resulted in highlighting the importance of reading in criticism. A few Urdu c ... Read More
Dastan-e-Ameer Hamza is rightly considered one of the literary masterpieces in Urdu literature. This is a great treatise of style, imagination and fantasy. Because of the several writers of the Das ... Read More
Annemarie Schimmel was a renowned orientalist of 21st century. She was inclined to learning classical Oriental languages like Arabic and Persian at the very young age. Later she proved to be a poly ... Read More
Dr. Khalil Tokar is an Urdu scholar, teacher and researcher from Turkey. He has developed special taste for Urdu language and literature. He has obtained doctoral degree in Urdu. He is a poet, writ ... Read More
Hafiz Mahmood Khan Shirani is the pioneer of modern research in Urdu language and literature. He travelled to England for higher studies where he got a chance to work with a company dealing with m ... Read More
Poets often use some special words to denote historical facts or personalities in their verse. Such special word is termed as Talmeeh/Allusion. It has great value owing to word economy of the poetr ... Read More
At the start of British Rule in the Sub-continent, there arose a trend in Urdu language to oppose the new masters and to challenge the introduction of western culture and norms. The weekly Oudh Pun ... Read More
Mir Anees is one of the prominent Urdu elegiac poets. His poetry has a strong traditional literary background. There are some aspects and qualities which make his elegiac poetry prominent and attra ... Read More
This article highlights prose style of select representative prose writers like Meer Aman, Meer Shair Ali Afsoas from Fort William College. It establishes that their style have played vital role in ... Read More
Iqbal, the most eminent poet of the 20th century seems to be a naturalist in his earlier works especially the first part of his Urdu collection "Bang e Dara". However, his stay at Europe brings a b ... Read More
Dr. Mukhtar-ud-din Ahmad is one of the distinguished Urdu poets in Europe. He is a dauntless critic of political and contemporary conditions of his age. In his purposeful verse, he seems to be a fo ... Read More
Subcontinent's prolific and versatile writer Devendar Issar was born in Attock city, Pakistan. In his life time, he had to relocate himself from one place to another. After the partition, he migrat ... Read More
Twenty-first century's modern Urdu poem depicts strong feminist consciousness and elaborates variety of topics and themes related to issues faced by women in this region. These poems deliver an imp ... Read More
Khawja Hasan Nizami is a great essay writer of Urdu language. He is also known as a humourist of his own style. He has contributed to Urdu literature many of his writings. He is known by his book " ... Read More
Mullah Mhuammad Qasim Mashhadi was a famous poet of the Shahjehan's period. He was born at Mashhad, Iran. When the atmosphere in Iran under the Safvid Rule became non conducive for poetry, number ... Read More
Dr Saleem Akhtar is a renowned Urdu critic, linguist, Iqbalist, literary historian, teacher and researcher. His main claim to fame is his famous book namely "Urdu Adab ki Mukhtasir Tareen Tareekh". ... Read More
The Persian poetry of Allama Muhammad Iqbal is an extraordinary exposition of his poetical wisdom, philosophical thinking. He started writing in Persian in between 1896 to 1900. The one of importan ... Read More
The metres which are structured with the rhythmical repetition of two different syllabic-feet are called Caesurus Metres.The trend to use Caesurus Metres in Urdu got popularized due to the demands ... Read More