Saadat Hassan Manto is one of the most controversial and sought after writers in the history of Urdu literature. When we think of Manto and our mind immediately goes to Nawaazuddin Siddique, with his vintage eyeglass frames, ragged cotton kurtas...
“Unn byaahataon ke naam Jinke badan be-muhabbat riyaakaar sejon pe saj-saj ke uktaa gaye hain” -'Intesaab’, Faiz Ahmed Faiz Qurratulain Haider, a progressive Urdu author was lovingly called 'Aini Khala' or 'Aini Apa' more popularly in the literary circles. A stalwart of the progressive Urdu literature, her short stories were...
Not Hyderabadi or Hindi, neither Hyderabadi Urdu nor Hyderabadi Hindi, the language spoken in Hyderabad is actually known as Dakhni. It isn’t a localized version of the Rekhta or Dehlavi as usually perceived but that thought could be contested vehemently by some....
“Jaanta hai ki woh na aayenge, phir bhi, masruf-e-intezaar hai dil“ -Faiz Ahmed Faiz We spend time in longing, the time sells us in its wait. But this lustre of Intezaar never fades. Our being is made of these speckles of Intezaar interspersed with the...
Life is a Pandora's box which holds all kinds of secrets, emotions, and experiences, that are unique on every level. Literature is the key that holds the essence of this Pandora's box. It is through literature that we can understand...
Coming from a family whose roots could be traced back to Tehran, Syed Akbar Husain, a.k.a. Akbar Allahabadi captured the landscape of Urdu during India’s years of struggle against the British Crown. His father was a very well educated man, Naib Tehsildar and his...
The names Ramayana and Mahabharata for me are not just synonymous with good and the evil, right and wrong, god and devil but makes me nostalgic because I have heard stories from these epics while growing up. My grandmother used to narrate all of...
अगर हम उर्दू साहित्य की बात करें तो मंटो एक बदनाम लेखक हैl इसका एक कारण यह भी है की वह एक ऐसे समय पर लिख रहे थे जब समाज में प्रगतिशील लोगों ऐंव लेखकों को गलत समझा जाता थाl...
On an overcast, chilly day in February in a distant past, the author, then a law student, found herself close to dozing off as she sat before a towering pile of dusty court files, trying to find the courage to dive into the murky waters of a decade-long...
"Ajab Nahin Hai Jo Tukka Bhi Teer Ho Jaaye Phate Jo Doodh To Phir Wo Paneer Ho Jaaye Mawaliyon Ko Na Dekha Karo Hiqarat Se Na Jaane Kaun Sa Ghunda Wazeer Ho Jaaye." - Poplar Meerthi For as long as literature...
" ताकत को तभी हासिल किया जाता है जब उसे छोड़ने की कोई मंशा न हो।" जॉर्ज ऑरवेल जब-जब दुनिया में क्रांति की लहर चली है तब- तब जॉर्ज ऑरवेल की दो किताबों '1984' और 'एनिमल फॉर्म' का जिक्र हुआ है। एरिक औरथर ब्लेजर...
