In this book of essays, Rakhshanda Jalil shines a light on the inclusive and pluralistic nature of Urdu poetry ...

By the 18th century, Urdu became a well-developed language with a body of literature that consisted mainly of poetry. Urdu poetry has a wide range of forms. The masnavi, for example, is a long ...

High school students who study poetry forms come away with confidence to analyze poetry and to create and share their own ...

A village of Meenas in Rajasthan has discovered an unlikely but effective route to government jobs. It is through Urdu. Almost every young person in this village in Tonk district is in a race to learn ...

Among those who bled the evocation of the lost city in their accounts were Munshi Faizuddin, Rashid-ul-Khairi, Nasir Nazeer ...

Hyderabad: Teachers seeking jobs in Urdu medium schools on Monday held a protest in front of the school education department head office demanding that seats previously allocated to SCs and STs ...

Who is to blame? Why, the poetry teachers, answers Strong, who has been a poetry teacher himself.* In his chapter in a new symposium, The Teaching of English in Schools (Macmillan & Co. Ltd ...

Decades of public and private funding have created a large professional class for the production and reception of new poetry comprising legions of teachers, graduate students, editors, publishers ...

Independent news and stories connecting you to life in Australia and Urdu-speaking Australians. Once you taste the flavours from Pakistan, you'll be longing for the cuisine. Get the latest with ...

BENGALURU: After a controversy broke out after a State Government order mandating proficiency in Urdu language for applicants for the post of anganwadi teachers in Mudigere taluk of Chikkamagaluru ...

Officials say it is time to look beyond language mediums and focus on recruiting teachers based on skills, as Urdu-medium teachers’ associations raise concerns A new conflict has arisen between ...

The 76th death anniversary of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founding father of Pakistan, was commemorated at the National Press Club in Dhaka with Urdu songs and poetry on Wednesday. Speakers on the ...