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(Ali Sardar Jafri is considered one of the most distinguished poets, critics and prose writers of Urdu language, who had won a number of accolades including Gyanpith Award. Here we present the English version of the impressions penned by her wife Sultan Jafri for a magazine after he left for heavenly abode) I met (Ali)…
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Sultan Shamsi is one of the contemporary Urdu poets continuing the glorious tradition of poesy in the subcontinent. He has a number of poetry collections to his credit that have been published by the leading publishers of India with standard printing norms and pleasing design to the eyes. Andaz-e- Sukhan is in my hand while…
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Ramjo Narnauli, a beautiful courtesan from the historical city of Narnaul in Haryana, now is widely regarded as the muse of Shefta, a pen name for Urdu and Hasrati, name the plume for the Persian literary cannon adopted by Nawab of Jahangirabad, Mustafa Khan. Ramjo, a poet writing with takhallus Nazakat, has been described by…
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Uroosa Arshi has composed a moving piece of poem, titled the Mosque. I have read thousands of poems and literacy compositions but never felt a pressing desire to write anything on them. But when I got a glance the poem by Uroosa Arshi on the facebook just two days after “Pran Pratishtha” mega function…
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Nabigha Dhubyani, one of the six pre-Islamic poets, whose is still relevant.
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Munni Bai Hijab is an integral part of the life and work of Mirza Dagh Dehlavi, one of the best poets of Urdu language, who was the teacher and mentor of a host of poets including Allama Iqbal and Nuh Narvi. Many courtesans have been associated with Mirza Dagh Dehlavi but Munni Bai Hijab had…
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Nora, the Nurse is a poem written by the romantic and progressive poet, Asrarul Haque Majaz. Nurse is central theme in a short story ‘Kante and Kalyan, by Akhtar Orenvi, which is the result of his first hand experience in a sanatorium where he was admitted for about one and half years. A nurse fell…
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Rehana Nawab is a contemporary port of Urdu, popular in the poetry symposium.
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Ateeya Parveen Bilgrami is a prolific fiction writer of Urdu. In preface to her short story collection ‘Ye Mera Zarf Dekh’, she writes: “Why do I write, it is a bit difficult to explain. My heart and pen motivate me to write. A motivation stirs within me, which is the cause of my creativity.” Ateeya…
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Nizami Badayuni was a polymath from Badayuni, a poet, journalist, printer, publisher and an author, writing and editing books on various subjects and topics. He was born in 1872 CE / 1288 in his ancestral home situated in Mohalla Sooth of Badayun, a legendary land were the genius personalities such as Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya and…
