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Bollywood tunes make compulsive hummers out of us. But wait, do you know the meaning of every word you hum? Especially the ones in Urdu? Urdunama, with @FabehaSyed, takes one word at a time...
After a short vaqfa, Urdunama returns with an episode on the very idea of pause. What does a simple break or interval mean in the language o...
In the vocabulary of Urdu poetry, sahra, meaning the desert, is far more than a barren landscape. It is a metaphor for the inner wilderness...
In Valentine’s month, we are drawn to a picture-perfect version of love that is warm, dazzling, and effortless. Yet real love asks for more...
Junoon is often translated as passion or madness, but in Urdu poetry it carries layered, sometimes conflicting meanings. For poets like Mirz...
In this episode, we sit with the Urdu word 'mehnat' which is usually translated as 'hard work', but carrying far more tiredness, repetition,...
In Urdu poetry, dua is never just prayer but it is a reflection of how a poet relates to hope, faith, and control.For Ghalib, dua is too unc...
Reading Ghalib's 'Koi Umeed Bar Nahin Aati': Ego and Self Awareness Without ApologyDescription: Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan, known to the world...
What is Falsafa? It’s the philosophy that pushes us to explore ideas with wisdom, and with a humility in which every certainty melts away. W...
This week in UIrdunama, we explore poems that live inside our zehn, meaning our mind. But this internal world of the zehn keeps colliding wi...
In this week's Urdunama, we speak about 'Soch', meaning a personal lens through which we look at everything.With the intensity of Mohsin Naq...
In this week’s Urdunama, we remember Dharmendra not only as Bollywood's "Greek-God" hero but essentially as a man defined by two qualities -...
Tasalli is a feeling of comfort, reassurance, and emotional support. It is what helps the heart feel calm when someone listens without judgm...
In poetry, “Sannata” isn’t just silence but the stillness where everything stops. It is the absence of sound, of presence, of movement, yet...
In Urdu, chain means comfort, meaning when the heart finally feels at ease. Bechaini is the opposite. It is the restlessness that keeps you...
Roshni, meaning 'light', in Urdu poetry is never alone. It gains meaning only when contrasted with darkness, whether that’s doubt, lonelines...
In this episode, we explore Urdu word Ranj, sorrow, grief, and the small heartbreaks that shape our lives. From Sahir to Dagh, Shakeel, and...
In this episode, we explore the word Hazir — a simple word that means “present,” but in Urdu poetry it holds much deeper weight. With verses...
In this episode, we dive into the idea of ghaib — that mysterious, hidden side of life that we can’t fully see or grasp. We move from the my...
What does it mean to 'dance' in Urdu poetry? In this episode of Urdunama, Fabeha Syed explores Raqs, the movements, the madness, and the mag...
In this episode of Urdunama, Fabeha Syed explores the word Fursat, those rare moments of time when you can pause, breathe, and just be. What...
This week on Urdunama, we talk about manzar, a word that means a view, a scene, a spectacle. In Urdu poetry, though, it’s more than just sce...
For centuries, Urdu has been part of a shared cultural space, shaped by people from diverse communities and traditions. Yet this fact is oft...
Shiddat means intensity, the force of feeling when emotion refuses to stay small. It is love that burns without pause, grief that floods wit...
Khaak means dust, humble, weightless, and ever-returning to the earth. It is where all journeys end and where every beginning quietly stirs....
Zakhm means wound, but in poetry, it is more than just pain. It is memory stitched into skin, heartbreak carried in silence, and love that o...
Hassaas means sensitive, a word that lives in the pauses, in the glances that linger a little longer, in the hearts that feel too much, too...
Beyhis means numb—an absence of feeling that grows not from peace, but from exhaustion. It is the quiet void after too much pain, the stilln...
Malaal means regret, a soft ache that lives in silence, in the pause between what was and what could’ve been. It is not always loud or visib...
Yaqeen means belief, an unshaken trust, a light that holds steady even in the darkest hour. It is the quiet strength behind every decision,...
Saaneha means tragedy, a moment that splits time into before and after. It arrives uninvited, heavy and abrupt, leaving behind silence loude...
Mutma’een means content, an inner stillness that cannot be shaken, a quiet trust in the rhythm of things. It is not the absence of longing,...
Chashma means spring—a quiet source where life begins, hidden beneath the surface until it chooses to rise. It is not loud like a storm, but...
Nagpur Police have filed sedition charges against Pushpa Sathidar — wife of late Ambedkarite activist and actor Vira Sathidar, and two unnam...
Dariya means river—a vast, flowing force that carries more than just water. It carries time, memory, silence, and song. A dariya can be gent...
Aab means water, but in Urdu, it means so much more. It is life in motion, purity that flows, the quiet resilience of a stream shaping stone...
Amn means peace—a soft hush after the storm, a breath that finally lands, a silence that doesn’t weigh heavy but heals. It is the stillness...
Saraab means mirage—a vision shimmering in the distance, beautiful but unreachable. It is the illusion that pulls us forward, even when the...
Khayal means thought—a fleeting whisper of the mind, soft as mist, yet powerful enough to stir oceans within. It is where memory meets imagi...
Vahm means illusion, a flicker of doubt that blurs the line between what is and what we imagine. It is the shadow that dances just outside c...
Sabaq means lesson. Like ink etched into memory, sabaq symbolizes the turning point between who we were and who we are becoming. It is the q...
Sabza refers to greenery, but metaphorically, it signifies renewal, hope, and fresh beginnings. Like the first sprout breaking through barre...
Gul, meaning "flower" in Urdu, is a symbol of beauty, love, and life. Like a flower that blooms for a short time, happy and sad moments also...
Naseem meaning a gentle breeze, fresh air that feels like a quiet promise, soft and full of hope. In this episode of Urdunama, we talk about...
Bahaar is an Urdu and Persian word that means spring, symbolizing renewal, beauty, and blossoming. It arrives like a quiet promise, painting...
'Guftgu' is an Urdu word that means conversation, talk, or dialogue. In this episode of Urdunama, we talk about how it often has a soft, poe...
All the artform is the expression of the artist behind it. And it's the way of izhaare-e-khayal or the expression of thought that paves the...
'Sadgi' means simplicity, modesty, and grace without extravagance. In this episode of Urdunama, we talk about how a simple way of life refle...
Throughout February, Urdunama will explore themes of love and romance in Urdu poetry. Each episode will focus on a different word that captu...
'Musalsal'—continuity, persistence, and unbroken flow. In this episode of 'Urdunama,' we dive into the essence of what it means to keep goin...
Everything in life changes—friends, feelings, relationships, even time itself. But have you ever wondered what truly stays the same? In this...