urdu poetry
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World Poetry Day: Passion, migration, and spiritual geography in the Urdu poet Iftikhar Arif’s poems
Amir Suhail Wani
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Born on this day: Urdu poet Josh Malihabadi (1898-1982) was a fiery voice of freedom
Hilal Fareed
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‘Wayward Verses’: Sanjiv Saraf’s anthology brings Urdu poetry beyond unrequited love
Shafey Kidwai
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‘I have seen time / Gathering in a contained space’: Gulzar writes to Rumi, Pancham, and friends
Gulzar Sathya Saran
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Born on this day: Remembering Faiz Ahmad Faiz and his poetry of passion
Amir Suhail Wani
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‘The Story of Eve’: Zehra Nigah’s poetry makes the reader feel heard and understood
Ipshita Mitra
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‘There was no loss, no gain’: This new book is an essential guide to understanding Ghalib’s couplets
Mirza Ghalib Anisur Rahman
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227 years of Mirza Ghalib: How the mystic poet rethought the concept of ‘man’ in his couplets
Amir Suhail Wani
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‘Darkness has spread, prudence is lost’: Read Urdu poet Zehra Nigah’s poems in translation
Zehra Nigah Rakhshanda Jalil
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‘An act of dancing in chains’: Ranjit Hoskote on the ‘luxury of interpretation’ in translation
Tansy Troy
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‘You’re a poet, don’t be silent’: Ranjit Hoskote translates ‘god of poetry’ Mir Taqi Mir from Urdu
Mir Taqi Mir Ranjit Hoskote
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How men depict women’s attire such as the aanchal, the angiya, or the dupatta in Urdu poetry
Rakhshanda Jalil
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Poetry picks: Read Ishrat Afreen’s feminist Urdu poetry in translation
Ishrat Afreen Hitesh Gupta Aadil
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Jawad Memorial Prize for Urdu-English Translation: Read the two winning poems
Scroll Staff
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Embarking on the divine: On translating the Urdu poet Jaun Elia
Ammar Aziz
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‘Tired of living and angry with death’: Mir Taqi Mir’s Urdu verses from the Murty Classical Library
Mir Taqi Mir Shamsur Rahman Faruqi
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Why do young readers and social media find Jaun Elia's poetry so relevant today?
Ammar Aziz
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Where’s that book of Urdu poetry when the occasion needs a sher? At last we have one
Mohammad Asim Siddiqui
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How the Partition contributed to the ‘queerness’ of Urdu poetry to make it non-normative
Priya Satia
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Celebrating Kishwar Naheed and eight decades of poetry and rebellion
Naazir Mahmood, Dawn.com