Established 2000

Twenty-Five Years of Urdu Letters

What began in 2000 as three car trunks circulating borrowed anthologies has become Atlanta's dedicated physical sanctuary for South Asian literature, poetry recitations, and open stacks.

Our Migration

The Road to Buford Highway

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2000 · Founding Circle

2012 · Major Foundation Gift

2013-2024 · Suburb Chapters

2025 · Buford Highway Home

Volunteers launched monthly living room gatherings across metro Atlanta, sharing private personal libraries of classical poetry and literary journals.

The traveling stacks rotated through rented community rooms in Lilburn, Suwanee, and Johns Creek, hosting workshops and language instruction.

The collective secured Suite C-150 as an enduring physical home, anchoring reading rooms and poetry evenings under one permanent roof.

The Punjab Library Foundation donated over nine hundred rare volumes, providing the essential literary nucleus for an open public collection.

Volunteer Collective

Stewards of the Collection

An all-volunteer working group of educators, translators, and organizers guides the acquisitions, youth classes, and evening gatherings.

Curatorial Committee

Language Faculty

Community Hosts

Senior scholars and bibliophiles inspect catalog donations, manage volume preservation, and source rare regional journals.

Native educators lead multi-level Nastaliq script reading groups, scriptwriting clinics, and introductory spoken Urdu workshops.

Organizers welcome neighborhood attendees, manage the hospitality samovar, and coordinate quarterly Mushaira gatherings.

Visitor Guide

Reaching Suite C-150

Located in the Peachtree Pavilion center along Buford Highway with open visitor parking directly in front of Suite C-150. Accessible via MARTA Bus Route 39 from Doraville Station.