It is commonly stated that the short stories (afsanay) written in Urdu, especially during the progressive writers movement era i.e. between 1936 to around 1958, can arguably be regarded as world class. Munto, Baidi, Ismat, Krishan Chunder, Ghulam Abbas followed by… Read More »اردو میں افسانوی ادب،ایک جائزہ Urdu short story, an overview
Fictional written narrative which can be regarded as novel is a relatively recent phenomenon in Urdu literature. Over a period of about 135 years, how Urdu novel evolved to its present day form is summarized in this brief conversation by… Read More »اردو ادب میں ناول کی روایت ، ایک مختصر جائزہ A brief history of Urdu novel
A recent research conducted by Credit Suisse predicts that 1% of the world population will be having 99% of global wealth in 2016. Is this loveless inequality acceptable to us? If the answer is no, then we must take up the… Read More »تدفین خواب سے ذرا پہلے Before the common dream dies!
Valueversity commemorates a remarkable and magnificent Urdu short story writer, novelist and columnist A Hameed Sahib (1928 to 2011) in this pod cast by having a conversation with Rashid Ashraf Sahib, a well known researcher and an eminent Urdu intellectual,… Read More »اے حمید ، کچھ یادیں کچھ باتیں A Hameed, a remarkable Urdu writer
Tina Sani is one of the outstanding Pakistani singer. She recently shared her journey of self exploration through music and poetry with Valueversity. This conversation reveals how a graduate from Karachi American School, got interested in Urdu poetry especially Urdu Nazam and… Read More »A journey of self exploration. Conversation with an outstanding Pakistani singer Tina Sani
Aqeel Abbas Jafri is a researcher, writer, poet and an architect from Karachi, Pakistan. He has written many books based on original research in Urdu including “Pakistan Kay Siaysi Waderay”,” Quaid e Azam ki Izdawaji Zindagi”,” Liaquat Ali Khan Qatl… Read More »اردو تحقیق کا کٹھن سفر The arduous journey of Urdu research
An Urdu poem by Shariq Ali to pay the tribute to the innocent lives lost recently in the city of Peshawar, Pakistan
Only a book lover can imagine that how much it takes, in terms of emotions, time, attention and money, to build a personal library containing more than 28,000 books on various subjects. Having such a collection is an extra ordinary… Read More »کتابوں کی ھجرت Exodus of an Urdu library
