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A poem for peace
Jan 04, 2018 Aasam Kiani Articles, Featured Top Stories, News, Poet Corner, Top Stories 1
By Aasam Kiani English translation by Bhatta Som Geo aur Jeenay do Live and let live Kon rom skta h raasta mohabbat ka Char soo chala jaye qafla mohabbat ka Who can stop the progression of love? the...
A poem for humanity
May 24, 2016 Sumedh Articles, Featured Top Stories, News, Poet Corner, Top Stories 0
Manzar: 1947 aur ab Wo manzar kabhi na dekha maine Na dekhne ki koi gunjaaish hai Bohot suna, paRha hai uske mut’alliq Itna ke lagta hai, na dekhe huay bhi Wo manzar jiya hai maine Kaise koi...
With significant support, Pakistan ‘feel at home’ in Mohali
Mar 26, 2016 Aman Ki Asha Articles, Featured Top Stories, Poet Corner, Top Stories 0
MOHALI: For the second game in a row, the Pakistan cricket team found good support from fans when they took on Australia in a World Twenty20 group match here today. Non-stop chants of ‘Pakistan...
A poem for humanity
Oct 04, 2015 Tulika Bathija Featured Top Stories, News, Poet Corner, Top Stories 0
Written after the horrific incident at Dadri in India where an enraged mob killed a man who allegedly injured their religious sentiments by consuming beef, this moving poem speaks to not just that...
An Indo-Pak mushaira evoking tears, laughter, seriousness
Sep 20, 2015 Tahir Ali Featured Top Stories, News, Poet Corner, Top Stories 0
Aligarh alum in New England pay tribute to Sir Syed Ahmed Khan with an Indo-Pak mushaira Pakistanis and Indians from the greater Boston area flocked in large numbers to an event at a high school...
Honouring Iqbal in the land of Tagore
Jun 02, 2015 Rucchita Karzaria Featured Top Stories, News, Poet Corner, Top Stories 0
The guest of honour Prof. Waleed Iqbal, flew to Kolkata from Lahore to receive the ‘Tarana-e-Hindi’ Award bestowed posthumously on his grandfather, Allama Iqbal Thousands of people in...
‘Jashn-e-Iqbal’ fest in Kolkata to boost ‘Aman ki Asha’
May 28, 2015 Aman Ki Asha Featured Top Stories, News, Poet Corner, Top Stories 2
The West Bengal Urdu Academy will posthumously award Allama Iqbal the Tarana-e-Hind award that his grandson Waleed Iqbal is coming from Lahore to receive The West Bengal government in India hopes its...
The magic of Manto
May 19, 2015 Rucchita Karzaria Featured Top Stories, News, Poet Corner, Top Stories 0
Commemorating the 103rd birth anniversary of the great short story writer Sadat Hasan Manto in Kolkata with an evening of poetry, film and theatre Last week, intellectuals, activists and ordinary...
The power of Urdu poetry
Jan 06, 2015 Markandey Katju News, Poet Corner 0
By Justice Markandey Katju The power of Urdu poetry was strikingly illustrated in a matter in which I had a hand, This was the case of Gopal Das, decided by a bench of the Supreme Court consisting of...
The global South Asian
Sep 10, 2014 Samir Gupta News, Poet Corner 0
Rest in peace, Habib Wali Mohammad A tribute from across the border South Asia lost one its finest cultural talents last week in the death of Habib Wali Mohammad. He was perhaps the last of the...
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