A WIDESPREAD misconception about letter-writing in Urdu is that Ghalib pioneered it. But the fact is Ghalib began writing letters in Urdu in late 1840s and Urdu’s earliest letter traced so far is one ...

How many letters are there in the Urdu alphabet? I wish I could answer this question in unambiguous terms. But the controversy over the total and correct number of letters in Urdu alphabet has been ...

Letters are now a nostalgic pastime. The “art of letter writing”, we call it wistfully, mostly because we detest the brief, auto-prompt sentences we write today. Poet Agha Shahid Ali, in his poem ...

New Delhi, Jan 26 (PTI) A Dubai-made original Urdu play, which seeks to revive the spirit and tradition of letter- writing that is rapidly disappearing under the onslaught of communication technology, ...

An Urdu play originally written and produced in Dubai is seeking to revive the spirit and tradition of letter-writing. Mian Biwi aur Wagah (Husband, Wife and the Wagah Border) will be staged at The ...

In this technologically advanced time, it is a struggle to remember when we actually picked up a pen and wrote a letter to someone. Emails and cellphones may be a faster medium of communication but ...

LONDON: The UK premiere of a play based on a series of letters describing the real-life experiences of an Indian husband and his Pakistani wife are among the highlights of a first-of-its-kind virtual ...