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Qabil Ajmeri: The Poet Who Turned Pain Into Timeless Verses

A boy from dusty Rajasthan lanes scribbled verses that pierced hearts like monsoon arrows. Qabil Ajmeri, born Abdul Rahim...

Pandit Daya Shankar Naseem Lakhnawi: Urdu’s Kashmiri Genius

A Kashmiri Pandit boy walked through the perfumed lanes of 19th-century Lucknow, carrying a pen that would change Urdu...

Obaidur Rahman: The Zoologist from Bihar Who Made Urdu Poetry and Science Meet

When Obaidur Rahman passed away in Delhi in 2014, he left behind something unusual in Indian intellectual life. Here...

Nabeel Ahmad Nabeel: The Lahore Poet Proving Urdu Still Has a Pulse

In a world where languages slip away quietly, Nabeel Ahmad Nabeel writes poetry that lands on smartphone screens at...

Lala Madhav Ram Jauhar: Hindu Poet Who Conquered Urdu’s Deepest Secrets

When the Mughal empire crumbled in Delhi, one Hindu poet walked through Bahadur Shah Zafar's court, writing Urdu verses...

Kaif Bhopali: The Poet Who Made Bhopal’s Streets Sing

A boy from the dusty lanes of Bhopal grows up whispering verses that strike the heart like monsoon rain...

Jagan Nath Azad: The Hindu Poet Who Wrote Pakistan’s First Anthem

What drives a Hindu scholar to compose verses for a newborn Islamic nation while his own neighbourhood burns in...

Chandrabhan Khayal: The Hindu Poet Who Wrote 400 Couplets on Prophet Muhammad 

A dusty village lane in Madhya Pradesh. A ten-year-old boy crouching over borrowed Urdu books, teaching himself a script...

मोहम्मद मिर्ज़ा रज़ा बर्क़: लखनऊ की नफ़ासत, शायरी की रवायत और एक फ़नकार की दास्तान

उर्दू शायरी की दुनिया में बहुत से नाम ऐसे हैं जिन्होंने अपने दौर में ख़ामोशी से कमाल किया, मगर...

Chandra Parkash Jauhar Bijnauri: Bijnor Boy Who Became Lahore’s Voice Across Borders

Chandra Parkash Jauhar Bijnauri was born in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, in 1923, the village lanes whispered with the flow...

Aazam Khursheed : The Poet Who Made Faces Speak & Still Matters 

When Aazam Khursheed published Lafz Chehre in 2001, he gave Urdu poetry something rare: a mirror that refused to...

ग़ुलाम हमदानी मुसहफ़ी: एक ‘उस्ताद-उल-उस्ताद’ की दास्तान-ए-हयात और उनका ग़मगीन फ़न

ग़ुलाम हमदानी मुसहफ़ी, उर्दू अदब की उस आलीशान इमारत के मज़बूत सुतूनों में से एक हैं, जिनकी ज़िंदगी फ़ाक़ा-मस्ती,...