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The Urdu Academy of Delhi government will be conducting a free of cost calligraphy course, entrance exam for which will be held on August 21, officials said on Friday.
The Urdu Academy of Delhi government is to start free calligraphy course. Check here for details.
The Urdu Academy of Delhi government will be conducting a free of cost calligraphy course, entrance exam for which will be held on August 21, officials said on Friday.
Four calligraphers (called katibs) are writers dedicated to the ancient art of Urdu calligraphy and it takes three hours to create one sheet. One mistake means the page is re-written from scratch.
An online session on ‘The Art of Calligraphy’ in Arabic, Persian and Urdu’ was presented by Jawahar Kala Kendra.
Kana shodo is one of the few remaining female-only scripts in the world. By melding it with modern art forms, Japanese artist Kaoru Akagawa is intent on keeping the ancient Japanese calligraphy alive.
To sum up, calligraphy is more than just beautiful writing—it is a timeless art form that embodies the cultural, spiritual, and aesthetic values of diverse societies throughout history.
That 300,000 people celebrated Urdu verse during a three-day festival was testament to the peculiar reality of the language in India.
Calligraphy takes on new meaning, dimension in South Asia Institute exhibit in Chicago The institute examines this new brand of calligraphy with an expansive exhibition that should appeal not only ...
Urdu newspapers, books and magazines may have shifted to computerized printing, but the art of calligraphy hasn’t lost its charm.
Master in Calligraphy art invited by PNCA to demonstrate their skills and teach to children during summer art camp. Azeem Iqbal highly appreciated PNCA for organizing special programmes to promote ...