मीर तक़ी मीर ने दिल्ली के गली-कूचों को ‘औराक़-ए-मुसव्वर’ यानी ‘सचित्र पन्नों’ की उपमा दी थी। ये वो ज़माना था जब दिल्ली में साहित्यिक, तहज़ीबी और सांस्कृतिक सर-गर्मियाँ चरम पर थीं और यहाँ हर तरफ़ शे’र-ओ-शायरी का दौर-दौरा था। दिल्ली के कूचा-ओ-बाज़ार अपनी रौनक़ों और अपने सौन्दर्य के ए’तबार से अपना कोई सानी नहीं रखते… continue reading
Faisal Fehmi Faiz Ahmad Faiz was among the most celebrated and popular poets of Urdu. He faced political repression for his revolutionary views. He is acknowledged as a torchbearer of progressivism and modernism in Urdu poetry. Here are five couplets of Faiz that you may not have heard of or read before. You may read… continue reading
Anisur Rahman Thinking of Mohammad Iqbal is thinking of one with many distinctions to his credit. Being a poet, philosopher, barrister, academic, and political thinker with a knighthood to his credit made him special in many ways. All these distinguished identities qualified him to be widely celebrated as the “Poet of the East”, “Hakim-ul-Ummat”, and… continue reading
Urdu poetry has innumerable shers where the two lines do not seem to have any apparent connection. Only after intense thought, one does realize that the two lines have a deep-rooted correlation. Here we bring to you five such shers. Read and give them a thought. We have provided hints for each sher to help… continue reading
The year 2018 saw the Rekhta family grow by huge numbers. Millions of people joined in to read and relish Urdu poetry and literature. We have compiled a list of the most searched content on the Rekhta website. These were the most searched couplets on the Rekhta website. To read more of the poet just… continue reading
Some of our most remarkable poets breathed their last in the year 2018. Venerable ones like Saqi Faruqi, Mohammad Alvi, Fahmida Riaz and Hamidi Kashmiri would live with us for the way they lived life and confronted death.As all poets transcend time and space, they also did the same. We carry their legacy and celebrate… continue reading
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