KARACHI, March 23: The annual international mushaira organised by the Sakinan-i-Shehr-i-Quaid at the Expo Centre on Tuesday night had its praiseworthy moments, but on the whole it left much to be ...

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 ...

New Delhi, Nov 27 (PTI) With a wide-ranging line-up ofmushairas, panel discussions and book exhibitions, the fourthedition of the much-loved Urdu festival -- Jashn-e-Rekhta, isall set to begin from ...

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 ...

CHANDIGARH: The first day of ‘Literati 2017’ concluded with colours of languages offered on a palette of pluralist expression with ‘Trilingual Mushaira’, gracing the main lawn at the Lake Club on ...

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 ...

Bazm-e-Urdu Qatar (BUQ) on Thursday organised a mushaira (recitation of poetry) at Hotel Crystal Palace, where Qatar-based poets enthralled a good number of poetry aficionados. The event marked the ...

“National Mushaira” organised by the NGO Bradasht was held at Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) in Islamabad, said a press release issued by PAL. The mushaira aimed to remind people of the importance ...

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 ...

Billed as 'Bayad-e-Shaikh Zayed', the mushaira organised by the Majlis-e-Farogh-e-Adab, Dubai-Doha at the Renaissance hotel, started on a sombre note with one-minute silence to pay respect to the ...

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 ...