A one-day national seminar titled “The Linguistic Relationship Between Unani Medicine and Urdu” was organized by the All ...

International Mother Language Day is an important day celebrated around the world on February 21st each year. But why do we ...

My mother remarried in 2000 to a man that we didn’t really care for. My husband and I tolerated him, but overall we never got close to him. Both had children from prior marriages. They had no ...

Our Chandigarh had its share of poets and there had been lyrical poets of the fame of Shiv Kumar Batalvi writing in Punjabi and Prem Warbortoni penning ghazals in Urdu with aplomb, calling out to his ...

Urdu poetry is well renowned for its rich past, enormous beauty, and complexity in expressions. For those willing to start to explore this poetic world, even the mention of classical poets like Mirza ...

After finishing her shift, the 53-year-old goes home to read books and write poetry. "Whenever I feel depressed or anguished from pressure at work and life and cannot find ways to alleviate the ...

Her husband was out buying vegetables, and her ailing mother-in-law rested in another room. But little Ajit, always eager to explore, slipped away unnoticed. Mangala shouted for her mother-in-law ...

Louise Kirby-Jones set up a support group for mothers A North Yorkshire mum has set up a support group for mums whose own mothers have died. Louise Kirby-Jones, 33, from Malton is co-founder of ...

A contemporary of Ada Jafri, the first female Urdu poet to be published, Nigah is the literary mother of the tribe of women poets who dared to recite their poetry in mushairas. (Nigah attended her ...