Hindustan Times: The tales of Marsiya: An evening dedicated to Urdu poetry lovers
Urdu poetry lovers were in for a treat this week as Jashn-e-Bahar Trust organised Dastan-e-Marsiya: Karbala se Kashi tak, an evening dedicated to Marsiya — a poetic form that commemorates the ...
Thanks to Syed Ashoor Kazmi's painstaking research on marsiya, we now have an exhaustive account of Urdu marsiya beginning in late 16th century and ending at the end of the 20th century. It has been ...
Importance of Marsiya During Muharram: It will be a rare person who can claim immunity to the pains and pleasures that poetry can bring, be that in the form of lyrics or poems, sung or orated. Words ...
MARSIYA, or elegy, is derived from an Arabic word which means ‘to mourn the dead and eulogise them’. With the word marsiya, one naturally thinks of the martyrs of Karbala, but the ones that bewail and ...
Alfaz Foundation, Karachi, has brought out a collection of 25 marsiyas selected and compiled by Dr Hilal Naqvi. It is titled, Jadeed Biyaz-i-Marsiya. I am not in a position to pass judgement on the ...
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