Urdu Service

Qateel Shifai

While we celebrate this happy occasion, let's look at some other aspects of this experience.

Let's talk about love and its myriad faces.

Let us celebrate the fathers and father figures in our lives.

Is it possible for words to truly capture the essence of motherhood?

What are your thoughts?

Let's continue celebrating the unique artistic talents of Raja Mehdi Ali Khan and his ability to find humor in drab life situations.

Raja Mehdi Ali Khan was an Urdu poet, translator, journalist, prose writer, and lyricist. Film lyrics came easy to him; he could write the songs on demand in as little as ten minutes, which often proved immensely popular. Raja Mehdi Ali khan brought the linguistic finesse of the Urdu ghazal to the mainstream Indian film industry. Madan Mohan-Raja Mehdi Ali Khan's partnership produced some of the most beautiful film songs, many of them ghazals.