1.           Khalid Mahmood Ali, Urdu Sahafat Tareekh o Fun (Lahore: New York Palace, 2013), 91.

2.           Dr. Rashid Ahmed Goreeja, Rahnama-e-Sahafat (Lahore: Majid Book Depot, 2012), 23.

3.           Professor Zahoor ud din, Fun-e-Sahafat (New Delhi: International Urdu Publications, 2006), 73.

4.            Dr. Abdul Salam Khurshid, "Urdu Sahafat, 1857 se 1962 tak", in: Naqoosh (Lahore: Naqis ut Tarfain), 852.

5.            Professor Zahoor ud din, Fun-e-Sahafat, 72.

6.            Ibid, 76.

7.             Ahmad Sohail, "Urdu Afsanay ka Nostalgia", in: Sah Mahi Zehn-e-Jadeed (New Delhi: June to August 1994), 35.

8.             Oxford Dictionary of English (London: Oxford University Press, 1986), 193.

9.              www.merriam.webster.com

10.           Dr. Shahid Siddiqui, Zair-e-Asman (Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2020), 21.

11.            Shahid Siddiqui, Pothohar: Khitta-e-Dil Ruba (Jhelum: Book Corner, 2022), 14.

12.           Akhtar Ansari, Intikhab Kalam Akhtar Ansari (New Delhi: Anjuman Taraqqi-e-Urdu, 1997), 76.

13.            Allama Iqbal, Bal-e-Jibril (Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 1972), 116.

14.            Fateh Muhammad Malik, "Dibacha", in: Zair-e-Asman, by: Dr. Shahid Siddiqui (Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2020), 9.

15.            Dr. Shahid Siddiqui, Zair-e-Asman, 106-105.

16.            Akhtar Hussain, "Nasir Kazmi ki Shayari Mein Nostalgia", in: Zamana (Kanpur: 1987), 56.

17.            Dr. Raees Qamar, Prem Chand ka Tanqeedi Mutala (Ali Garh: Sayed Book Depot, 1963), 51.

18.            Shahid Siddiqui, Pothohar: Khitta-e-Dil Ruba, 211.

19.            Naveed Sadiq, "Khurshid Rizvi ka Nostalgia," April 16, 2020.

20.            Noshi Gilani, Mahabbatein Jab Shumaar Karna, Intikhab (Gujranwala: Publishing Club, 2010), 26.

21.             Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, Diwan-e-Ghalib (Delhi: Ghalib Academy, 2007), 87.

22.            Khurshid Rizvi, Shakh e Tanha (Islamabad: Mailbox Academy, 1987), 38.

23.             Crescent Park Anon, Nostalgia, Reflective or Restorative, Retrieved at August 15, 2019.

24.             Dr. Shahid Siddiqui, Zair-e-Asman, 13.

25.             Aaron Marcus Stern, Design, User Experience and Usability (Inc: Aaron Marcus and Associates Inc. USA), 666.

26.             Dr. Shahid Siddiqui, Zair-e-Asman, 32.

27.             Shahid Siddiqui, Pothohar: Khitta-e-Dil Ruba, 14.

28.             Muhammad Izhar ul Haq, "Flip", in: Zair-e-Asman, by: Shahid Siddiqui (Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2020).

29.             Holak & William, Havlena, Nostalgia: An Exploratory Study of Themes and Emotions in the Nostalgic Experience, Volume 19 (1992), 378-380.

30.             Iftikhar Aarif, "Filip", in: Pothohar, Khitta-e-Dil Ruba, by: Shahid Siddiqui.

31.             Shahid Siddiqui, Pothohar: Khitta-e-Dil Ruba, 306.