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Tribute from Pakistan: Remembering Neeraj

Tribute from Pakistan: Remembering Neeraj

With the death of Gopal Das Neeraj in July 2018, Hindi and Urdu have lost a poet who could write with equal felicity in both languages. Let’s take a look at this couplet: Ab to mazhab koi esa bhi...
N.M. Rashid’s universal poem on life, light, and fear

N.M. Rashid’s universal poem on life, light, and fear

Joy of Urdu Boston launch at MIT As a Bengali born and brought up in UP who loves Urdu literature, sadly I don’t know how to read and write the Urdu script. But since most Urdu literature has been...
Honouring Iqbal in the land of Tagore

Honouring Iqbal in the land of Tagore

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’

‘Jashn-e-Iqbal’ fest in Kolkata to boost ‘Aman ki Asha’

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...