A WIDESPREAD misconception about letter-writing in Urdu is that Ghalib pioneered it. But the fact is Ghalib began writing letters in Urdu in late 1840s and Urdu’s earliest letter traced so far is one ...
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 ...
In this technologically advanced time, it is a struggle to remember when we actually picked up a pen and wrote a letter to someone. Emails and cellphones may be a faster medium of communication but ...
An Urdu play originally written and produced in Dubai is seeking to revive the spirit and tradition of letter-writing. Mian Biwi aur Wagah (Husband, Wife and the Wagah Border) will be staged at The ...
‘Mian Biwi aur Wagah’ provides a commentary on the times we live in, seen through the eyes of a married couple Amna Khaishgi’s relationship with letter-writing and Urdu began when she was seven years ...
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 ...
LONDON: The UK premiere of a play based on a series of letters describing the real-life experiences of an Indian husband and his Pakistani wife are among the highlights of a first-of-its-kind virtual ...
KARACHI: This is with reference to Tazeen Javed’s article of May 19 titled “The art of writing an Urdu column”. Those who write in the Urdu press know how to write good columns, even if it means that ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback