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Urdu fiction went through a substantial change during the colonial period. The colonial discourse narrated and disseminated through different technologies of educational subjugation and epistemological usurpation in official and historical works brought forth some serious changes in the world view of Urdu fiction writers. They discovered and presented the subjectivity of the colonialized. This essay presents some preliminary insights to understand and analyze the colonial Urdu fiction.

Fehmida Riaz was born on 28th of July, 1945 in Meerut UP India and shifted to Pakistan after her father transfer to Hyderabad Sindh. She is a well-known Urdu writer and poet and famous for strong feminist and anti-establishment leanings. She had started writing at a very young age and managed her own Urdu Publication named “Awaz”, which was later on banned by the government for its revolutionary vision and liberal view. Civilization is said to be a complex human society, usually made up of different countries / cities, with certain characteristics of cultural and technological development. The undergo research article is based on analysis of civilization in Fehmida Riaz poetry (Nazm) in the light of her book “Dhoop”.

This article seeks to evaluate distnuguished Urdu critic Shamsur Rahman Faruqi's contributions to Urdu Literature in general and in criticism particularly. In early phase of his literay career, he was heavily influenced by Western critical ideas but with the passage of time he became crtical of Western literary notions. He came to believe that poetry, fiction and other imaginative writings are deeply embedded in their respective indigenous cultures. Hence, Faruqi resorted to study of classical Persian and Urdu Literature in the light of their own poetics. This article sets out to delineate Faruqui's theoretical considerations and practical implications of the poetics of classical Urdu Ghazal and Urdu Dastan. That poetics is local and cultural is a postcolonial idea put forth in the backdrop of hegemonic imposition of Western literary cannonistion.

The tradition of sermons in the history of the world is as old as man himself. Prophets, reformers, philosophers, intellectuals, politicians, generals, every individual who excelled in knowledge and wisdom or wealth or power and might, he needed to address others. This tradition has been very strong in the history of Islam itself, in which the most important sermon was given by the Holy Prophet himself in the farewell pilgrimage. Of course, writers and scholars continue to give speeches based on sermons and advice in ceremonies, conferences, gatherings and meetings, but they are not taken into consideration in the study. This study deals with sermons which have been organized by an organization under its own specific project or national intellectual need. Eminent scholars are requested to present their sermons or papers. The scholars are given enough time to work on their proposed sermons by academic, literary, educational, religious or national organizations to present to the selected people.

Rajinder Manchanda Baani was a well known trend setter modern poet of Delhi.He wrote three poetry books. He was born in Multan and migrated to India after 1947. In this article, his relation with Multan and some other discoveries have been compiled to enhance the history of literarture.

From Ruler to Literate Role Model: Queen Victoria in Urdu Verse and Novel Literature presents the changes in social and cultural values of a society. Urdu world saw substantial changes during colonial period. Its literature presents some of these changes in verse and prose. After the failure of war of independence and the establishment of Queen Victoria’s rule in 1857, the Indian subjects tried to rehabilitate themselves in new circumstances. Literature was one form for them to start a dialogue with new ruler. In Urdu Qaseeda and Novel presented Queen Victoria as ruler and a literate role model. These representations were also gave Urdu writers a chance to negotiate about the space and place of women in society. Queen helps them to rethink about the position and capabilities of women in a male dominant society.

Globalization is the order of the day in almost every literary and intellectual discussion all across the board. In the name of Globalization, the third world is being made subservient to the advanced nations. Advertisement paves the way in this regard. Keeping the trend in view, in this article, it has been analyzed that how advertisement marks its impact on the masses and try to make them transnational by disengaging them only from their own cultural roots and how far this manipulation of the public proves successful.

Today, man lives in narratives.Therefore, effects of narratives can not be denied.Many narratives are formed and refuted overtime. Postmodernism too rejects the meganarratives and on other hand promotes local narratives. Every truth and ideology that claims universality and absolutism is mega narrative. Tarar's novel "Qala-i-Jangi" is set against the backdrop of Afghan Jihad (war). In this novel process of construction and deconstruction of many mega narratives i.e.social, cultural narrative and especially the religious jihadinarrative have been fictionized. The characters in the novel which are part of the Afghan war are tied to the mega narrative of Jihad. After being pushed into this war when they have a chance to take a closer look at the situation, many facts are revealed before them. As a result theses mega narratives are refuted. This research article explores and presents the process of construction and deconstruction of the mega narratives.

This study is an attempt to analyze the diverse postulates of style and technique in western novel. Style and technique have undergone great creativity and phenomenal stylistic prolixity, as such they are considered to be most elusive and often ambiguous. It is difficult, therefore, to highlight the overall stylistic and technical postulates in a precise and exact manner. This is specially because each writer has his or her own personal style and technique of writing adopted either consciously or unconsciously, resulting in variations of novelistic style. The main objective of this article is to discuss the different aspects of style and technique in western novel.

Hindu religion is closely interlinked with mythology and it is not possible to study the different dimensions of this religion without proper knowledge of mythology. It is one of the major religions of the world originating on the land of Indian subcontinent and comprised of several beliefs, and rituals. Hindus not even worship their Gods and Goddess but also praises and connected with their allied things and places. Qurat ul Ain Haider a famous Urdu Novelist and Short story writer of twentieth century in her work describes the mythological characters of several Hindu deities like Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, Ram, Arjan, Kirshan etc. She elaborated different stories and also shed light on different religious & mythological places, cities, rivers, plants and animals of Hindu religion.

Prem Chand is one of the pioneers of Urdu Afsana writers. His stories are very near to life. He has been promoting basic ethical values through his stories. His main emphasis was to the values of promote humanity, justice, equality, sacrifice and gratitude. Mostly his characters belong to rural life, where landlords and Mahajans have been oppressing the poor. Prem Chand highlighted such oppressions in his stories and gave the way outs to stop these oppressions.

Saeem Chishti is a famous name in Naatiya literature. He does not let the aspect of respect go unnoticed in the context of Madhat-e-Nabi and works with utmost care. He does not write Naat only for himself but his purpose is to enlighten the heart of every soul with the love of Prophet (PBUH). Saeem Chishti has excellent access to vocabulary so his words seem to shine like jewels in the description of subjects. Love for the Holy Prophet is the first condition and this love is seen in the words of Saeem Chishti. He studied the life of the Prophet in depth and in his intellectual and spiritual consciousness. He made almost every aspect of the attributes of the Prophet the subject of his Naat. Saeem Chishti's works is a great source of Naatiya literature which will benefit the reader of all times.

Interview is an art and a tool of research (data collection, assessment and evaluation.) It is also used in psychoanalysis and catharsis. It exposes the human being’s psychology and innerself. Normally two persons involves in an interview; interviewer and interviewee. It may be a panel interview or individual. Interviewer uses different tools to conduct an interview. Interview of literary personalities explore their biography, intellectual thoughts and literary aspects. Asif Farrukhi in “Harfe Mun o Tu” compiled interviews of different literary personalities of Urdu Literature. Litrary Interview is progressing to become a genre of literature. Interview is a useful and direct source of knowledge collected and interpreted by the interviewer. Reader can observe and collect biographical, historical, intellectual and literary knowledge and data.

Idioms are of great importance for any language because they not only embellish the language, they also tell of our social life and psychic built up. Since Nazeer Akbarabadi was a public poet, where he fills in the idioms usage beautifully, his proverbs also express public life. This article explores the research analysis for colorfulness of Nazeer's proverbs.