Reading an Urdu couplet is not only a delight for your soul but also an elixir for your brain. A recent study by the Center for Bio-Medical Researches (CBMR), Lucknow, suggests that reading Urdu ...

Passage of time has only sharpened appetite for satirical, humourous poetry in the UAE Bazm-e-Urdu’s ‘Mushaira Zinda Dalan’, held during the recent Sharjah International Book Fair, was a rip-roaring ...