In a tradition that has been going strong since 1989, the Sakinan e Shahr e Quaid (SSQ) held a mushaira on March 22 at Karachi’s Expo Centre. The event, which took a two-year hiatus owing to the ...

KARACHI: The 25th Aalmi Mushaira is all set to take place this evening at the Karachi Expo Centre. This was announced at a press briefing at the Karachi Press Club Tuesday evening. This is going to be ...

Though I rarely watch TV, when I do, the idiot box does offer me some food for thought. I don`t mean the monster that devours your most precious time has become so sophisticated that it can actually ...

India, the land of Mirza Ghalib and Amir Khusro, is looking for a suitable heir to preserve and expand its vast treasure of Sufi poetry, couplets, songs, and mushairas or public recitals of Urdu ...

The novel coronavirus pandemic may have forced people to stay apart but digital platforms and social media are helping them to stay connected. People are observing physical distancing but they are ...

One of the singular attractions of Delhi in spring is attending a mushaira when there’s a nip in the air and a couplet on your lips. The city, for long the playground of such extraordinary sukhanwars ...

The timeless River Thames bore witness to a historic moment in Urdu literary history as Haraval International brought Lahore’s poetic soul to London with its inaugural Jashn-e-London International ...

Dr Zeenat Kaifi performing at the mushaira (Shalini Maheshwari/BCCL) Celebrating International Women’s Day, a unique women poets’ mushaira was organised by Rajasthan Urdu Academy at Ravindra Manch in ...

Nagpur: A grand All-India Mushaira is planned on the occasion of the 103rd annual Urs of Hazrat Baba Tajuddin at 9pm on Friday at the Dargah premises in Tajbagh. Well-known poet Imran Pratapgarhi will ...

If you think about it, Mirza Ghalib as an amateur detective who solves domestic crimes—from finding out who is stealing a cousin’s prize sheep to helping put out simmering tensions in Shahjahanabad, ...