All about Ghazals

Links

About Ghazals: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazal http://www.urdupoetry.com/ http://www.shairionline.com/ http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00ghalib/sitemap.html? http://www.ghazalsindia.com/ http://www.shayeri.net/ http://ghazalsworld.com/ http://www.alif-india.com/ http://www.sadarang.com/ http://www.kavitanjali.com/ghaug02/ghazals.htm Forum: ebazm http://www.shairy.com/ Ghazals English: http://www.ghazalpage.net/index.html http://www.ahapoetry.com/ghazal.htm   Ghazals Book: http://www.indiaclub.com/shop/SearchResults.asp?ProdStock=528 http://www.ebazm.com/books.htm http://www.kitaabghar.com   Particular Shayars: http://www.ghalib.org/ http://www.mirzaghalib.in http://www.allamaiqbal.com/ http://www.faiz.com/ http://www.gulzaronline.com http://www.javedakhtar.com/ http://www.angelfire.com/sd/urdumedia/index.html http://mama.indstate.edu/users/shakil/meer.html http://www-ec.njit.edu/~axz6893/poetry.htm http://jaunelia.itgo.com/ http://www.jafari.com/ http://www.arifimam.com/ http://www.shabnamromani.com/ http://www.rumionfire.com/ http://www.rumi.net/ http://www.khamush.com/ http://www.okonlife.com/ http://www.hafizonlove.com/ http://www.urdustan.com/adeeb/   Ghazal Singers: http://www.talatmahmood.com/ http://www.talataziz.com/ http://www.ghazaljitsingh.com/ http://www.malikapukhraj.com/     Mushaira: http://mushaira.org/   Ghazals Urdu: http://www.urdulife.com/mushaira/ http://www.learningurdu.com/ http://www.urdustan.com http://www.urdustan.net/ http://www.urdudan.com/ http://www.urdumehfil.com http://www.loveurdu.com/ http://www.urdunet.com/urduadab/shairy/iqbal/default.htm http://www.urdumanzil.com/ http://www.urduclassic.com/ http://www.urdunagar.com/ http://www.urdutehzeeb.com/ http://www.urdudan.com http://www.bhatkallys.com/audio/audio.asp http://www.iqbalcyberlibrary.net/ http://www.urduwriters.org/ http://www.sherosokhan.com/   Persian Ghazals: http://www.farsisara.com http://www.thesongsofhafiz.com/   Ethnic Ghazals: http://www.gujaratigazal.com/   Worldwide: http://www.orient.jkrzyzowski.pl/

Cricket news in Urdu

Bob Woolmer ki death kai baray mein perhnae ke liye yeha ‘click’ karein.

http://www.jang.com.pk/jang/mar2007-daily/23-03-2007/wolmer.htm

E-greeting cards in Urdu

If you like to try your hand and prepare greetings in Urdu,

check this site.

Print & Electronic books in Urdu

Attention book lovers!

Many Urdu books are available in electronic version. One of the longest running is

Kitab Ghar.

Check this link for more interesting books on Urdu.

Visit the Urdu Corner to find more.

Pssst…fancy some Urdu Songs?

Many famous Bollywood songs are in Urdu. Some of them

are listed here.   Many Urdu citations are available with videos .  

First FlashCard service on the net in Urdu. Now you can see a clip of your favourite verses transposed on the screen as they are cited by popular stars like Nusrat Fateh Ali and Mehdi Hassan.
Select any card and then click on next, or just click on view&listen or send it away.

Additionally,  Same Language Subtitling (SLS) seems to be an interesting concept for encouraging new readers learn the words of their favourite songs.

Iqbal Cyber Library

Urdu learners can find a lot of useful information of poetry and prose works by the poet and scholar M. Iqbal here

1-stop site for Urdu poetry

Those who wish to have a quick over view of famous Urdu poets will like this site. Here are a few more quick linkshttp://www.urdulife.com/mushaira/

http://urdu-ke-naam.blogspot.com

Mehfil-e-Mushaira is a non-profit Web site dedicated to Urdu poetry. It was created on May 25, 1998, and is the first site in the world to present Urdu poetry from mushairas (poetry readings) on the Web.

The site contains audio clips of Urdu poetry recited by poets themselves in various mushairas held in Pakistan, India, the Middle East, Canada and the United States. The audio files are in RealAudio format.

Poet of the Children

Sufi Tabassum’s poetic talent encompassed three languages; Urdu, Persian and Punjabi. He was a master of prosoby and even poets like Faiz were constrained to consult him in the craft of poetry.

A man full of life till the very end he will also be lovingly remembered for the poems that he wrote for children. He created the immortal character of ‘Tot Batot’ which has been the most constant companion of the children.

Great site for learing Urdu

Urdu fans kudos go to  Love Urdu that offers tales and jokes for young Urdu learners with a variety of activity on offer.  They present a collection of Urdu stories for kids, in Urdu script!
Those who love to solve riddles and learn new Urdu words as a bonus will like this link.

Urdustan is also a site worth visiting. 

How about searchable famous sayings, words of wisdom and quotes arranged alphabetically and also topic-wise?  

An easy way to find Urdu translation of any English word with Roman transliteration and Urdu script try this.

If you were looking for a site that gives bite-size bios of famous Urdu poets and writers, click here.

Check this example of a bookseller offering children books in Urdu.  

Fun site of Urdu fans at Lanfranc High School

Fun site of Urdu fans at Lanfranc High School

Bilingual children who learn in their family’s language as well as English do better at school, research suggests.

Here we will add links that help us know more about urdu

It is fun listening to BBC’s Urdu Service. The Voice of America has some Urdu service programmes covering the literary scene. 

Those who are interested in translation of some good works

from Urdu in to English may check this and this.

Here’s a link about Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib 

Visit this site to find more about Ahmad Faraz