"calligraphy"

At the Center, students are seen diligently working on their drawing sheets, wielding reed pens with precision to craft graceful strokes of Urdu couplets and Quranic verses. Prof. S.A. Shukoor, secretary of the Idara, and master calligrapher M.A. Gaffar, have been instrumental in reviving and sustaining interest in this traditional art form.

Hosts have been booking artists to create a setup where their attendees can have a fun time sipping and painting or doing calligraphy

Competition is being organised to create awareness among the students on the importance of handwriting

Jammu and Kashmir: A calligraphy workshop organised here by the Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages attracted many art lovers, especially girls and women. For the past two years, such activities could not be held due to the Covid pandemic. In Kashmir, calligraphy has a thousand-year-old rich history, but due to modernisation, […]

Hyderabad: An exhibition on “Islamic Contemporary Art and Calligraphy” was organised on the occasion of the Aalami Urdu Conference at Anwar ul Uloom Institution. Nawab Mahboob Alam Khan, Chairman, Anwar ul Uloom Group of Institutions, and M Vedakumar, Chairman, Deccan Heritage Academy, participated in the concluding day of the exhibition. Nawab Mahboob Alam Khan appreciated […]

This Hindu calligrapher has been painting Quranic verses in mosques for over the last 25 years. Meet Anil Kumar Chowhan of Hyderabad.