Urdu is a cultural language that originated in north India, most likely in the Punjab region. Any other populous native language spoken in Asia cannot compete with the popularity of the Urdu language, even in India. Urdu has a rich literature, and a working knowledge of Hindi, Punjabi, Persi...
collection of Urdu poetry links -- Ghazals and Nazms. AdeelZaidi.com is a personal website of a student of Urdu literature. Urdu poetry is a rich tradition which was initially originated from the Persian language. It has many different forms like Ghazal, Qasida, Marsiya, Masnavi, Tazkira and...
I wanted to play with Urdu fonts for a while but was still not getting a starting point or a solid motivation to do it. This idea originated when I read the news about a new and much improved font,Meher Nasta'liqlaunched byCenter for Speech and Language Technologies (CSaLT)lab atInterna...
Qawwali originated in the eighth century. The eleventh-century called for a revolution in the world of poetry, during which the Qawwali sung in the Persian language reached the subcontinent, Turkey, and Azerbaijan. In these countries, the Qawwali program is known as SAMAA. Qawwali is not only...
Urdu is closely related to Hindi, a language that originated and developed in the Indian subcontinent. They share the same Indo-Aryan base and are so similar inphonologyandgrammarthat they appear to be one language. In terms oflexicon, however, they have borrowed extensively from different source...