By Sadia Hashmi
Baran Farooqi’s translation of Khalid Jawed’s Ne’mat Khana is an important contribution to Indian literature.
Tag: Urdu
By Uzma Faiz
Abba has lost much of his hearing capability and prefers silence. The only thing that brings him out of this vow of silence is Urdu.
By Fahad Hashmi
Reading Faruqi has always given me an impression that a certain form of decolonisation of the Urdu adab is at play.
By Raghibul Haque
Turabi’s mastery over syntax and use of inventive zamin, along with his swift addition of Persian phrases, ensures his place as a pioneer in Urdu literature.
By Irfan Ahmad
It is true that the most used Urdu word for criticism is tanqīd. However, it is wrong to say, as Faruqi did, that its Persian and Arabic equivalents, intiqād and naqd, are not deployed in Urdu. They are.
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