The mushaira at Richmond, Virginia, in late August this year reminded me of gatherings from my childhood, when poets congregated at my parent’s home in Allahabad. Our drawing room sofas would be ...

Ludhiana: Tehzeeb: The Culture of Love Society, an organisation dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Urdu, Hindi, and Punjabi literature and culture — in association with a renowned poetry ...

A.R. Rahman, one of India’s most celebrated musicians, is known not only for his musical genius but also for his deep spirituality. Among his cherished practices is visiting the revered Kadapa Dargah ...

Those who listen to the music of South Asia will not need to be told who Mehdi Hassan is. I am interested not so much in introducing him to readers as in discussing my experience of listening to a ...

KARACHI: It was so encouraging to see poetry lovers pack a vast area such as the lawns of the Mohatta Palace Museum on Saturday evening to attend a mushaira organised by the Corporate Pakistan Group.

In a tradition that has been going strong since 1989, the Sakinan e Shahr e Quaid (SSQ) held a mushaira on March 22 at Karachi’s Expo Centre. The event, which took a two-year hiatus owing to the ...

illed as Bahaar-i-Watan (the nation's springtime), the musahira held at Dubai Le Meridien under the chairmanship of Himayat Ali Shaer, the doyen of Pakistani poets, brought together prominent ...

The mushaira is being organised by the Majlis-e-Farogh-e-Urdu Adab in memory of the poet Joan Eliah, who was very popular in the UAE. "The inimitable Pakistani poet who died early this year had a ...