Ada Jafarey
Ada Jafarey has had many distinctions: she was one of the first female voices of substance in Urdu poetry; she was refreshingly modernist, and above all entirely inimitable.
By Aman Ali
August 21, 2018
Tag : Urdu Poetry
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.
By Faisal Fehmi
August 16, 2018
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.
By Anisur Rahman
July 31, 2018
Kaif Bhopali: The artist who used words as colors!
A commendable lyricist, an ingenious poet and above all a soulful artist who stays alive in our collective memory
By Aman Ali
July 24, 2018
Ishqnaama: The love-life of Afzal Panipati
When love got a human incarnation, the incarnation became Afzal Panipati, both literally and metaphorically. The word ‘afzal’ suggests excellence and the lover-poet Afzal exceeded excellence in the way he loved, languished, and found his ultimate resolution.
By Anisur Rahman
June 22, 2018
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