Tag: Urdu poetry

By Vikas Datta, "Quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur" ("Whatever is said in Latin seems profound"), they say, and the language's sonorous tones aren't confined to religion, but law and medicine too. In the South Asian millieu, Urdu has the same position with its assimilative nature and its courtly pedigree giving it refinement as well as ability to express elaborate, sophisticated concepts. Its poetry is the vanguard. And once we avoid the trap of confining Urdu poetry to its romantic aspect -- though that is the area where it is fairly...