I observed many youngsters who speaks Standard Urdu or Dakhani especially in Maharashtra doesn't know to read and write Perso-Arabic script in Naskh or Nastliq style

Tho we can agree that Urdu literature might not be exposed to them untill they had Urdu as their language subject in their school or college

But in most of Mosques they do teach to read write Arabi script but can't be used for writing Urdu or Dakhani as those languages have sounds which are not present in Arabi language

And also average Standard Urdu or Dakhani native who have been to Mosques can read and write Arabi script but may not able to read or guess letters like گ پ ٹ ڈ etc which are in Perso-Arabic script used for writing Urdu, Dakhani, Pashto, Panjabi, Saraiki, Koshur, Hindko etc

Look

https://x.com/eilyvoir/status/2114203972923715979#m

We never speak Urdu, everyone from delivery drivers to laborers have their phones and apps set to English even if they can't understand a word, our politicians literally speak English in meetings where the other person is speaking his own language with an interpreter

Will Irshad Kamil’s Sufi lyrics to the famous Bollywood tune Tum Se Hi hold up against the probes of modern psychology?

یہ قیام کیسا ہے راہ میں ، تیرے ذوق عشق کو کیا ہوا

ابھی چار کانٹے چُبھے نہیں، تیرے سب ارادے بدل گئے ؟

āzādiyoñ kā haq na adā ham se ho sakā

anjām ye huā ki giraftār ho ga.e

sooner or later they will hear it too

tell everyone, everywhere, what your heart is going through

Written for my mother who is in a septic shock (septic associated encephalopathy). I’m waiting for her to open her eyes and as my mind goes dark with pain, I just wrote this in a language I love 🙏🤲🦋

A tender offering of memories shaped by both separation and togetherness. The poem brings the pain of absence and the beauty of shared moments into a single emotional landscape, where even the ashes of longing become part of an enduring tribute to love.

ہجر کی کسک اور وصال کی خوشبو سے بنی یادوں کی ایک سحر انگیز نظم جس میں جدائی کا دکھ اور قربت کے حسین لمحات ایک ساتھ سمٹ آتے ہیں، جیسے محبت کی دہلیز پر یادوں کے پھول اور محرومی کی راکھ کا نذرانہ خاموشی سے رکھ دیا گیا ہو۔

ہجر کی راکھ اور وصال کے پھول (فیض احمد فیض)

آج پھر درد و غم کے دھاگے میں

ہم پرو کر ترے خیال کے پھول

ترک الفت کے دشت سے چن کر

آشنائی کے ماہ و سال کے پھول

تیری دہلیز پر سجا آئے

پھر تری یاد پر چڑھا آئے

باندھ کر آرزو کے پلے میں

ہجر کی راکھ اور وصال کے پھول

I am a Poet(Shayar) who has written more than 200 ghazals, shers and nazms.

zindagī hai yā koī tūfān hai!

ham to is jiine ke hāthoñ mar chale

I am looking for BDSM in literature from the subcontinent and would appreciate any leads...

Strictly looking for literary fiction but I also understand this was sometimes reserved for pulp publications, so please share those as well.

Much appreciated TIA!

Why do we always think of what people will say?

Almost every Bollywood song has Urdu lyrics in it, and, as expected, they turn the lyrics into Hindi script.

I wasn't complaining enough.

But what is this?

You turned Mirza Ghalib's entire Urdu-written ghazal into Hindi lyrics.

Have some shame, Musixmatch, or whoever you are.

You have to respect at least the greatest poet

or any writer. Keep it original.

Because where I live, Urdu is barely spoken or used, I haven't spoken much urdu or used it in conversations in my entire life.

Thank you very much for listening!

‏آشنا دَرد سے ھونا تھا ، کِسی طَور ھمیں

تُو نہ ملتا تو ، کِسی اور سے ٫ بِچھڑے ھوتے۔

— ناصِر کاظمی

Aashna dard se hona tha, kisi taur humein

Tu na milta toh, kisi aur se bichhde hote.

— Nasir Kazmi