Romantic and revolutionary may seem polar opposites, but this Urdu poet achieved a unique balance between them. Faiz Ahmed ‘Faiz’, who was born in 1911, was not the first revolutionary-romantic poet ...

Faiz Ahmed Faiz's 25th death anniversary was observed on Friday. He was one of the most loved poets of Urdu language. He passed away 25 years ago on 20th November. He is the most-read poet of Urdu ...

In Urdu Poetry: The Progressive Episode (OUP 2017), author Carlo Coppola tells us about the life of Faiz Ahmed Faiz. A Professor Emeritus of Hindi-Urdu and linguistics at Oakland University, Rochester ...

They were born nine years apart. One died twenty-one years ahead of the other. However, they had an uncanny likeness to one another in so many respects. This is the story of Nazim Hikmet of Turkiye ...

Exclusion, ostracism, imprisonment and other variations of imaginable/unimaginable infliction seem to be the universal fate of great minds and souls and those who stand for truth. History has been ...

“It means ‘Tablet of Eternity,’” my Baba said casually, cleaning his paintbrush. I didn’t understand, so I simply went back to coloring. After a moment of silence, he added, “You know, this singer was ...

Zohran Mamdani, recently elected as the mayor of New York City, gained worldwide attention when he was photographed wearing a black sweater featuring Urdu verses from the celebrated Pakistani poet ...

Most notable singers and performers from the Chicago performed live in Stage Chicago as part of stage program "Hum Jeete Ji Masroof Rahe" (We were busy living) The evening was enhanced by the live ...