L: New NYRB edition of "Basti" by Intizar Husain; R: Husain at the Karachi Literature Festival on February 5, 2011. (Karachi Literature Festival/Flickr) No summary of Basti can do justice to its ...

The online application process began on November 5 and the last date to register is November 4, 2019. Candidates can apply till December 4, 2019. Candidates can apply online at bssc.bih.nic.in. There ...

How was the experience of translating nazms as opposed to ghazals? Was there a difference in the theory or praxis of the translation? Please share particular challenges with the readers. 485pp, ₹599; ...

BSSC for Assistant Urdu Translator Exam Updates 2020: Bihar Staff Selection Commission (BSSC) has released the Exam Dtes for the posts of Assistant Urdu Translator/Urdu Translator/Rajbhasha Sahayak.

URDU translations of Quran began quite late as compared to Quran’s translations into European languages: Robert of Ketton, also known as Rodbertus Ketenensis, translated Quran into Latin in 1143, says ...

Patna: CM Nitish Kumar on Saturday announced that the posts of assistant Urdu translator in the state govt would be doubled and it would be increased to 3,306 from the existing sanctioned post of ...

BSSC Urdu Anuvadak Result 2021: Bihar Staff Selection Commission (BSSC) has released the prelims result of BSSC Urdu Anuvadak Exam. All those who appeared in the BSSC Urdu Anuvadak 2021 Exam can ...

IN ARABIC, qaseeda means a panegyric ode and ‘burda’ means a shawl-like fabric worn over the shoulders, a mantle. Qaseeda Burda , or Qaseedatul Burda, is a famous poem in Arabic that offers heartfelt ...

An image from a winter morning in Hyderabad, Pakistan, when I was four, forms my earliest memory of literacy. Bundled up in layers of sweaters, I am reciting from an Urdu newspaper as I sit astride my ...