Qurratulain Hyder
Qurratulain Hyder’s distinction lay in the way she developed her vision of history and fiction as meta-history and meta-fiction. This is where she had an edge over all others who wrote before, or after her.
Let’s count them words!
Different poets might use slightly different distribution of words and word clouds are typically used to convey information about the distribution of words in some specific context. The more a word is used, the bigger it is on the cloud. So, let us make these word clouds for some prominent poets and see if they convey some insight into their commonalities and distinctiveness.
Jaan Nisar Akhtar
As a word, Jaan Nisar qualifies a person who can submit one’s life. Jaan Nisar Akhtar did so precisely to engage with the demon of life and the muse of poetry.
Stairway to Freedom
Relive the freedom struggle through these Urdu Words.
The struggle for freedom has long and arduous till it reached the destined day.
Mahima Us Ki Hi Rahe Jis Ka Nao Najeer
All dignity, all majesty to him who is known as Nazeer
Nazeer was a poet of the masses. He was a common man, wrote of the common people, and in the common language.
We Haven’t Served Premchand Well, Have We?
Much of what we think or say about Premchand today is usually clichéd. We have been made to believe that this literary major of our times was only a fiction writer, and a Hindi fiction writer to be precise, who emerged and stayed on primarily as a storyteller of rural life. All these are sheer misrepresentations that need to be redressed.
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