Jahaz
Jahaz means ship, Hawai Jahaz means plane, Hawai adda means airport. Situated between two artificial lakes in Mandu Madhya Pradesh, Jahaz …
Category Archives: Urdu Musings
Rail Kahaani
Rail Kahaani is a show put together by Zambeel. Five stories that are intrinsically linked through the concept of railway …
Gosha
Gosha – an angle, a corner, privacy Given below is a couplet by Shahzad Ahmad which brings out the meaning …
Aanchal
Aanchal- Fringe or Corner of a dupatta worn by a woman. Sardar Jafri makes a reference to this word in …
Zaheer Kashmiri
Zaheer Kashmiri was also known as Peer Dastgeer Zaheer. He was born on 21 August 1919 in Amritsar, but he originally …
Daraaz
Daraaz means long,high, exalted In one of the most classical poems, the poet Iqbal uses this word beautifully. baag-e-bahisht se …
Apni khushi na aaye, Na apni khushi chale – Zauq
Sheikh Muhammad Ibrahim Zauq (1789–1854), the famous Urdu poet and scholar of literature, poetry and religion, who wrote poetry under …
Prelude to Aahista Aahista..
Here is a beautiful prelude to the legendary ghazal Aahista Aahista which has been covered on our blog before (link …
Footprints on Zero Line – Gulzar
The Partition of 1947 has influenced the works of an entire generation of writers, and continues to do so. Gulzar …
Tom Alter Passes Away
It is a loss to the language of urdu and a loss to theatre. Tom Alter was the most nondescript …
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