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English Agentive Suffix – er is morpheme that is added in the last of words modifying their meanings to the doer of that act. Let us look at some common words having this agentive suffix –er and their counterparts in Hindi and we must ponder over as to whether both languages English and Hindi utilize…
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Shrikant Verma was born in Bilaspur, Madhya Pradesh. His primary education was arranged in Bilaspur itself. After acquiring MA in Hindi from Nagpur University in 1956 he embarked on the literary journey as a journalist. He remained associated with magazines like Shramik, Kriti, Dinman and Varnika and others. The Government of Madhya Pradesh honored him…
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Here is a moving poem of Seemab Akbarabadi in the original script with its free rendition in English. He was a polymath poet of Urdu language, who has enriched his beautiful mother tongue writing poetry and prose genres – Qata’aa, Rubai, Ghazal, Nazm, Noha, Salaam, Essays, Short Stories, Novels, and Biographies etc. He was an…
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The ablution in Islam has an important place for the pious life of a believer. Islam requires the purification of mind and body from its adherents. Wudu and Ghusl i.e. partial and complete purification are required in various circumstances. Both these two ritual purifications are dealt with in Islamic books under the title of Kitabut…
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Nazir Akbarabadi is admitted by many to be the Shakespeare of Urdu literature and indeed there is no exaggeration and hyperbole in it. Truly, a people’s poet, Nazir has been admired for many laurels to his credit. Amongst others, his humanism is distinct character of the greatness of this Mughal era luminary from Agra also…
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Masoom Muradabadi is a senior Urdu journalist and author. He is the editor of the Urdu news portal ‘Jadeed Khabar’ and the fortnightly newspaper ‘Khabardar’. He has worked in the field of Urdu journalism for the past 35 years. Apart from writing weekly columns in major newspapers of the nation, his articles too, are a…









