Send us a text Josh Malihabadi (born Shabbir Hasan Khan; 5 December 1898 in Malihabad, Uttar Pradesh, India – died 22 February 1982, Pakistan) popularly known as Shayar-e-Inqalab (poet of revolution) was a poet of Urdu. Known for his liberal values and challenging the established order, he wrote over 100,000 couplets and more than 1,000 rubaiyaat in his lifetime. Yaadon ki Barat, his autobiography, is noted for its frank and candid style. The first Prime Minister of India, Jawahar Lal Nehru h...
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Send us a text Josh Malihabadi (born Shabbir Hasan Khan; 5 December 1898 in Malihabad, Uttar Pradesh, India – died 22 February 1982, Pakistan) popularly known as Shayar-e-Inqalab (poet of revolution) was a poet of Urdu. Known for his liberal values and challenging the established order, he wrote over 100,000 couplets and more than 1,000 rubaiyaat in his lifetime. Yaadon ki Barat, his autobiography, is noted for its frank and candid style. The first Prime Minister of India, Jawahar Lal Nehru h...
Send us a text Josh Malihabadi (born Shabbir Hasan Khan; 5 December 1898 in Malihabad, Uttar Pradesh, India – died 22 February 1982, Pakistan) popularly known as Shayar-e-Inqalab (poet of revolution) was a poet of Urdu. Known for his liberal values and challenging the established order, he wrote over 100,000 couplets and more than 1,000 rubaiyaat in his lifetime. Yaadon ki Barat, his autobiography, is noted for its frank and candid style. The first Prime Minister of India, Jawahar Lal Nehru h...
Shakeel Badayuni (3 August 1916 – 20 April 1970) was a famous Indian Urdu poet & lyricist. He is best remembered for most of his songs with music director Naushad. Shakiil won three Filmfare Awards in a row from 1961 to 1963 for his songs 'Kahin Deep Jale Kahin Dil' (Bees Saal Baad), 'Husnwale Tera Jawab Nahin' (Gharana), and 'Chaudvin Ka Chand Ho' (Chaudhvin Ka Chand).kabhī yak-ba-yak tavajjoh kabhī daf.atan taġhāful,mujhe aazmā rahā hai koī ruḳh badal badal kar.Abdul Raoof Siddiquiemail...
Akhlaq Mohammad Khan, famously known by his pen name 'Shahryar,' was one of the leading Urdu poets and academicians in India. He was born on 16 June 1936 in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. He completed his masters in Urdu from AMU in 1961. After finishing his college, he began teaching at AMU and eventually retired as the head of the Urdu department. In his initial days, he was mentored by Khalil ur Rahman Azmi, a pioneering figure in modern Urdu poetry. Among his seniors, he acknowledged the influe...
Ibne-eInsha. His real name was Sher Muhammad Khan. Ibn-e- Insha was an eminent Pakistani Leftist Urdu poet, and columnist. Along with his poetry, he was regarded as one of the best humorists of Urdu. He was born in Jalandhar District, Punjab. He did B.A. from Punjab University in 1946 and M.A. from University of Karachi in 1953. He was associated with various government services including Radio Pakistan, Ministry of Culture and National Book Centre of Pakistan. He also served United Nations f...
Meer Taqi Meer - One of the greatest Urdu poets. Known as Khuda-e-Sukhan (God of Poetry)Thanks for listening! Abdul Raoof Siddiqui email: raoof3@yahoo.com #urdupoetry #meertaqimeerThanks for listening! Follow us on instagram @urdu.ghazal and visit our website www.mstn.in
Ahmad Mushtaq is one of the leading and reputed Pakistani poets known for his neo-classical tone, equally well-known in India, lives in Houston USA. Source: RekhtaThanks for listening! Abdul Raoof Siddiqui email: raoof3@yahoo.com Instagram @urdu.ghazal Visit our website: www.mstn.in #urdupoetry #ahmadmushtaqThanks for listening! Follow us on instagram @urdu.ghazal and visit our...
Last of classical poets who celebrated life and love. Famous for his playfulness of words (idioms/ phrases). Nawab Mirza Khan Dagh Dehlavi (1831-1905), was born and brought up in the red fort of Delhi he was the grandson of Bahadur Shah Zafar, after the fall of Delhi in 1857, he had to move to Rampur where he lived in comfort for more than a decade. Later, his changing conditions, took him to other centers of renown like Lucknow, Patna, Calcutta, and Hyderabad.Dagh was a disciple of Zau...
Majrooh Sultanpuri, by creating a political symbolism in the classical tradition of ghazal in the twentieth century, proved that the genre of ghazal has the ability to express all kinds of subjects, emotions, feelings and ideas effectively and pleasingly without sacrificing its quiddity. Majrooh made a slight change in the symbols and metaphors of classical ghazal and established a new vocabulary immersed in political symbolism. He made modern ghazal a pack of modern realities. Thanks to his ...
Well known poet and lyricist, Behzad Lucknavi was born Sardar Ahmad Khan on January 01, 1900 at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. He hailed from a family of litterateurs. His father was also a poet of repute during his time. Being influenced by the literary environment of Lucknow, Behzad started composing verse at an early age in his life. You can listen to the poetry of his grandson Azm Behzad in our Episode 71Behzad worked for the Indian Railways for a long time but later he joined All India R...
Mahirul Quadri is known as a fine prose writer and a poet who invested in strengthening the classical tradition of Urdu poetry. He was born Manzoor Hussain on 30 July, 1906, at a place called Kaiser Kalan in Bulandshahar district of Uttar Pradesh. He passed his matriculation examination from Aligarh Muslim University and joined a well-known journal called Medina published from Bijnaur. He also got involved with the editing of several other newspapers and journals. He also lived in Bombay for ...
Dr. Salim Torania, MD is an infectious disease specialist from Kenosha, WI. He is also a contemporary Urdu poet who was born in Pakistan. “Zakhm Bol Parey” is the title of his poetry collection. Abdul Raoof Siddiqui email: raoof3@yahoo.com Instagram @urdu.ghazal Visit our website: www.mstn.in #urdupoetry #salimtoraniaThanks for listening! Follow us on instagram @urdu.ghazal and visit our website www....
Sajida Kazmi is a contemporary Urdu poet from Chicago. She writes very eloquently and ghazal is her forte. I really enjoyed reading her book, "Zakhm Abhi Bhare Nahin" Abdul Raoof Siddiqui email: raoof3@yahoo.com Instagram @urdu.ghazal Visit our website: www.mstn.in #urdupoetry #sajidakazmiThanks for listening! Follow us on instagram @urdu.ghazal and visit our website www.mstn.in
Eminent poet, educationist and Padam Shree recipient Dr. Kaleem Aajiz was born in a village in Patna district in the 1926. He was a gold medalist in BA from Patna College and then earned his Masters degree in Urdu from Patna University. He also got his doctorate from Patna University for his thesis on "Evolution of Urdu Literature in Bihar. He served as a lecturer for decades in the Department of Urdu at Patna University. In 1976, his first book of ghazals was released by the President of Ind...
Poet & music composer, Ali Baba Darpan is one of the contemporary Urdu poets of India based out of Hyderabad. Ali Baba Darpan is a maestro of rhyme and the magic he creates with his poetry is phenomenal. You can buy his book “Darpan Ka Dil” which is in Both Urdu & Roman Script from the below link.https://www.amazon.in/Darpan-Ka-Dil-First-2017/dp/B06WVD9MDB/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3U23JJHBRXHEC&keywords=darpan+ka+dil&qid=1678765997&sprefix=darpan+ka+dil%2Caps%2C153&s...
Poet, Playwright, Director Sarmad Sahbai is one of the most prominent poets of Pakistan. Abdul Raoof Siddiqui email: raoof3@yahoo.com Instagram @urdu.ghazal Visit our website: www.mstn.in #urdupoetry #sarmadshabaiThanks for listening! Follow us on instagram @urdu.ghazal and visit our website www.mstn.in
Kafi Bhopali was a popular Urdu Poet & lyricist. His ancestors had moved from Kashmir to Lucknow and then to Bhopal. He also wrote songs for films. Chalo Dildar Chalo sung by Mohd. Rafi, in Kamal Amrohi's 1972 classic, Pakeezah was written by him. He also wrote some popular ghazals that were sung by Jagjit Singh. Kaif Bhopali's daughter Parveen Kaif is a noted poet who participates in mushairas.Kaif Bhopali Real name Khwaja Mohammed Idrees Born: 20 February 1917 | Lucknow Pradesh, In...
Firaq Gorakhpuri a prominent Urdu poet who reached unprecedented heights of fame & acclaim, he is considered one of the most influential and electrifying poets of his time. According to Dr. Khawaja Ahmad Farooqi, “If it were not for Firaq, the land of our ghazals would be dull, its ascension would not be more than it would be a carbon copy of Persian master’s ghazals or imitating dead and lifeless Iranian traditions. Firaq stirred a whole generation and still does. He played an important ...
Dushyant Kumar was a very popular poet who started a new trend of hindi-ghazal. His poetry resonated with the conscience of readers and it has an undertone of fighting against injustice. Dushyant Kumar Tyagi Born: 01 Sept 1933 | Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India Died: 30 Dec 1975 | Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India Abdul Raoof Siddiqui email: raoof3@yahoo.com Instagram @urdu.ghazal Visit our website: www.mstn.in #urdupoetry #dushyantkumarThanks for listening...
Azm Behzaad is a prominent Urdu poet. He was the grandson of one of the great poets of Urdu Bahzad Lakhnawi. He was highly appreciated for his diction and metaphors. He was adored for his ‘tarannum’. He worked as an Urdu copywriter in an advertising. He also wrote scripts for radio and T.V programmes.His first book of poetry ‘Taabeer Se Pehley’ was published in 1997.Real Name:Mukhtar AhmadBorn: 31 Dec 1958 | Karachi, Sindh, PakistanDied: 04 Mar 2011 | Karachi, Sindh, PakistanRelatives:Be...
Moin Ahsan Jazbi was one of the important Urdu poets of the Progressive Writers Movement. He was born on 21st Aug 1912 in Mubarakpur, Uttar Pradesh and died on 13th Feb 2005 in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. Jazbi stayed true to the classical literary tradition and embellished it with contemporary style. He completed M.A. in Urdu and joined the Urdu department of Aligarh Muslim University as Urdu faculty member. His thesis entitled “Hali ka Siyaasi Shuoor” earned him his degree of Ph. D. &nbs...
Send us a text Josh Malihabadi (born Shabbir Hasan Khan; 5 December 1898 in Malihabad, Uttar Pradesh, India – died 22 February 1982, Pakistan) popularly known as Shayar-e-Inqalab (poet of revolution) was a poet of Urdu. Known for his liberal values and challenging the established order, he wrote over 100,000 couplets and more than 1,000 rubaiyaat in his lifetime. Yaadon ki Barat, his autobiography, is noted for its frank and candid style. The first Prime Minister of India, Jawahar Lal Nehru h...
