Ayat
Ayat (Aayat) means sign, clue, proof. It also means a verse of the scriptures. This word is also used as …
Monthly Archives: July 2015
Sachi baat kahi thi maine…
Here is another wonderful ghazal made popular by Jagjit Singh in his album Face to Face, written by Saabir Dutt …
Raat Pashmine Ki
Gulzar saab at his very best as always! Here is a nazm from his book Raat Pashmine Ki. Yeh raah …
In the Name of Those Married Women…
… is a chapter from the book A Life in Words: Memoirs translated from Urdu by M Asaduddin. It elaborates …
Din gine jaate the, is din ke liye
A beautiful ghazal penned by Daag and Ameer Minayee, with simple, yet thought provoking ideas in each couplets tumne badle …
Bazm
Bazm means gathering or party, an assembly of people. Also known as mehfil. Here is a couplet from the prolific …
A couplet by Sardar Jafri
Gham ka heeraa dil mein rakkho kisko dikhaate phirte ho ye choron ki dunyaa hai The jewel of your sadness, …
Waqt to lagta hai…
Pyaar ka pehla khat likhne mein waqt to lagta hai naye parindo ko udne mein waqt to lagta hai It …
Secular Urdu Literature @Mehfil
Urdu Literature is rich and diverse. It is a language of a secular nation. It does not have religious boundaries. …
Kooza
Kooza is the Urdu lafz for a very small utensil or vessel generally used to hold liquids. The lafz is …
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