When there was no woman poet in Urdu, there was Mah Laqa
The Importance of Being Mah Laqa Chanda
At the threshold of the nineteenth century, the Urdu language saw the emergence of the first woman poet with a complete divan to her credit.
इमरोज़-एक जश्न अपने रंग, अपनी रौशनी का
इमरोज़ की मिट्टी का गुदाज़, लोच और लचक देखकर हैरत होती है कि कोई इतना सहज भी हो सकता है। लोग जो भी बातें करते रहें, वो दर-अस्ल इमरोज़ को अमृता के चश्मे के थ्रू देख रहे होते हैं जबकि इमरोज़ किसी भी परछाईं से अलग अपने वजूद, अपने मर्कज़ से मुकम्मल तौर पर जुड़े रहे हैं।
Firaq Gorakhpuri
Shab-e-furqat bahut ghabraa rahaa hoon
Aane waali naslein tum per fakhr karengi ham asro
Jab un ko ye dhyaan aaiga tum ne Firaq ko dekha tha
Holi Ki Shaam Hi To Sehar Hai Basant Ki
Holi’s dusk is the dawn of Spring
Colours! Dance!! Music!!! Festivity!!!
All these sum up Holi in our popular imagination.
But Holi is more—much more—than fun and frolic, fete and fiesta.
Ghalib: More Than a Poet
Ghalib is a poet par excellence.
He remains unparalleled for his intellectual curiosity, as also for his wit and humour. We bring you some lateefas (jokes) that will bring a smile to your lips. But they will also make you sad.
Saqi and Alvi
We lived together till death did us apart
Two major voices of modern Urdu poetry would never be heard again.
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