Throughout history, elegies have been composed in different languages. Shakespeare’s works, Grey’s Elegy in a Country Graveyard, the 400 verses of Mr John Pong on the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (AS) ...

The earliest Marsiya in Bangla is called Muktool Hussain, penned by Mohammed Khan as early as 1645 AD. A typical Jari Gan has three parts—a bandana or prologue, the body of narration with description ...

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 ...

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 ...

We generally use the word 'elegy' as a synonym for 'marsiya', but there is a slight difference between the two. Elegy is, perhaps, a broader term. The word elegy has its origin in Greek and it means ...

The uprising and martyrdom of Imam Hussain (as), the beloved grandson of Prophet Mohammad (pbuh), in 61 hijri (680 AD) arguably has no parallel in the annals of history. To invoke poet Sir Mohammad ...

Lucknow: Mourners clad in black attire turned up to show solidarity with the martyrs of the Battle of Karbala on Ashura, the tenth day of Islamic month of Muharram, on Wednesday. It was on the day of ...