Canonised as one of Urdu’s greatest poets, Mir Muhammad Taqi “Mir” of Delhi, who died in 1810, also authored a collection of verse in Persian. He composed verse in genres other than the ghazal, in ...
Editors Sukrita Paul Kumar (left) and Vinita Agrawal. “…This year, one of the distinctive features in the selected poems turns out to be that of many poets unravelling their connection with their ...
Right from Alaam Kei Charagho (lamps of gloom) beginning couplet of its first ghazal, the readers can assess the trend the poet Saleem ur Rehman, is going for. It goes: ‘In Khushk Bayabanon Main ...
Book of ghazals ‘Rooh di Gaani’ by Surinder Sidak was released at Punjabi Bhawan on Sunday. It was released by noted poets including Surjit Patar, Gurbhajan Gill, Tarlochan Lochi etc. Sidak said her ...
On November 19, 2019, when former prime minister Nawaz Sharif departed for London on a special chartered Qatari Airlines plane after getting relief for 30 days medical treatment in London, this ...
On his 154th death anniversary, three of Zafar’s ghazals reflect his awareness of a lack of power in matters of state. Bahadur Shah Zafar II (October 24, 1775-November 7, 1862), the last Mughal king ...
Click the arrow on the audio player to hear Teresa Cader read this poem. You can also download the recording or subscribe to Slate's Poetry Podcast on iTunes. Not the ...