Shakeel Badayuni at Mehfil@Prithvi
This month, we celebrate the glorious birth centenary of Urdu poet and lyricist, Shakeel Badayuni (born on 3 August 1916), …
This month, we celebrate the glorious birth centenary of Urdu poet and lyricist, Shakeel Badayuni (born on 3 August 1916), …
This June we explore the works of Sadat Hasan Manto For someone who only lived 43 years, Manto left a huge …
Mauj means wave mauj -e-havaadis means waves of calamities. 1.Given below is a beautiful couplet which uses the word Mauj: …
Qawwali as a form evolved in India in the era of Amir Khusro originating in Sufi practices. Later this form …
This month, at Mehfil@Prithvi theatre we pay homage to two noted literary personalities Nida Fazli and Intizar Hussain who recently …
A big thank you to our well-wisher, Sophia Andrade Kapadia, who makes it a point to be present at …
Protest poems or protest literature refers to works that address to real socio-political issues and express objection against them. Urdu …
On the 10th of November 2015 we commenced the evening at Mehfil with the recitation of Urdu poetry as part …
Urdu poetry is a rich tradition of poetry and has many different forms. It is basically an outcome of superimposition of Persian …
On the 13th of October 2015, we had a Mehfil celebrating the life and works of poet Ahmed Faraz. Ahmed …