How many letters are there in the Urdu alphabet? I wish I could answer this question in unambiguous terms. But the controversy over the total and correct number of letters in Urdu alphabet has been ...

Ever since the present govt announced the introduction of a Single National Curriculum in the country, the subject has become a source of debate. However, the govt seems adamant that the move will ...

Letters are now a nostalgic pastime. The “art of letter writing”, we call it wistfully, mostly because we detest the brief, auto-prompt sentences we write today. Poet Agha Shahid Ali, in his poem ...

I have surprised myself twice within six months. After working as an English language editor and writer for over two decades, I suddenly discovered the joy of writing in my mother tongue, Urdu. Then, ...

Thirty years ago when I was in England, the EMI company of Pakistan invited me to record my selection of Ghalib’s letters in Urdu. They were recorded on 4"x 2" audio cassettes which are now considered ...

Jashn-e-Rekhta (JeR), world’s largest and perhaps most sought-after Urdu language literary event, will showcase the popular play from the UAE, Mia Biwi Aur Wagah (MBW), in its first-ever virtual Urdu ...

In 1857, Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, better known by his last name, sought refuge in the art of letter-writing to express the pain and sorrow he had witnessed during the first War of Independence. A ...