ALLAMA Iqbal’s first poetic collection in Urdu, Baang-i-Dara, was first published in 1924. But before Iqbal could bring out ...

He said, “Every time I come here, I feel like I’m speaking among old friends. The warmth of the Delhi audience reminds me why I began writing poetry in the first place, to express feelings we ...

“Very few people are familiar with Urdu literature, even through poetry. There were forms such as the qasida — used to praise someone or a marsiya, a song of sorrow that have faded out,” he say ...