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Urdu literature (Urdu: ادبیاتِ اُردُو, “Adbiyāt-i Urdū”) comprises the literary works, written in the Urdu language.While it tends to be dominated by poetry, especially the verse forms of the ghazal (غزل) and nazm (نظم), it has expanded into other styles of writing, including that of the short story, or afsana (افسانہ).
Rekhta is an Indian web portal started by Rekhta Foundation, a non-profit organisation dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the Urdu literature. [4] The Rekhta Library Project, its books preservation initiative, has successfully digitized approximately 200,000 books over a span of ten years. [5]
Shair was founded on 14 February 1930, in Agra, India, by Iftikhar Imam Siddiqui's grandfather Seemab Akbarabadi, [1] [2] [3] with the purpose of providing guidance and a platform to help new poets be published. [1]
A 1961 edition of The Pakistan Review said "Among Urdu writers Saeed Lakht, Editor of Taleem-o-Tarbiat, is the most popular with the children." [6] Ayasha Syeed, writing in Living Our Religions, said "I still have fond memories of Taleem-o-Tarbiat, my favorite childhood Urdu language magazine, that we received on a subscription basis. This ...
He is also a strong supporter of Urdu mahiya and has been both praised and criticised for his work on mahiya in the poetry circles. [2] [3] He is the editor of the literary Urdu magazine Jadeed Adab, [4] first launched from Khanpur in 1978, and later from Germany. [5] [6] Qureshi's poetry has been translated into English, Arabic, German and ...
A colorful bookshelf full of books is an ideal part of any child's library. Urdu offers a range of books for children from folk tales to poetry to novels and short stories. Recently there has been a trend of writing awareness books of children on issues like health, the environment, and even child abuse.
As his true interest was in Urdu poetry, he jumps at the chance to meet the great Urdu poet, Nur. Under the advice of his friend Murad, an editor of a periodical devoted to Urdu literature, Deven procures a secondhand tape recorder so that he can help transcribe Urdu's early poetry, as well as conduct an interview or even write the memoirs of ...
Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum (Punjabi: غُلام مُصطفا تبسّم, Urdu: غُلام مُصطفیٰ تبسّم), (4 August 1899 – 7 February 1978) was a 20th-century poet. His pen name was Tabassum ( Urdu : تبسّم ).