Dakhani, with influences of Telugu, Marathi and Kannada, reigned supreme before the Qutb Shahis, who founded Hyderabad and built monuments such as the Charminar, were ousted by the ...

The trailer for A Tongue Untied opens with an elderly man reciting this couplet to rousing applause. The verses capture the essence of Mazahiya Shayari, a satirical form of performance poetry popular ...

Over the weekend, I got an opportunity to attend a mazahiya mushaira (which can be loosely translated as a ‘festival of Urdu humour poetry’). The opportunity was rare, the line-up was star-studded, ...

Famous poets from Pakistan and India including Anwar Maqsood and Popular Meeruthi will participate in the event SHARJAH: Bazm-e-Urdu, Dubai, is reviving Mushairah Zinda Dillan, a comic poetry session, ...