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Balraj Komal: The Poet Who Whispered Revolution Through Partition’s Pain

Visualise this: a sleepless night in Delhi, a restless child asking impossible questions, and a tired father who could...

चराग़ शर्मा: सादगी में गहराई और गहराई में मोहब्बत को शेर में उतारने वाला नौजवान शायर

उर्दू अदब की दुनिया में कुछ नाम ऐसे होते हैं जो बहुत कम वक़्त में अपनी पहचान बना लेते...

Bahadur Shah Zafar: The Emperor Who Lost Everything But Refused to Stop Writing Poetry

What happens when an empire crumbles, but the man wearing the crown refuses to let his spirit break? Bahadur...

Badiuzzaman Khawar: The Poet Who Hid Verses and Bridged Two Worlds

Badiuzzaman Khawar once hid his poems under his pillow, terrified of mockery and rejection. That frightened boy from Ratnagiri...

Abbas Ali Khan Bekhud: The Kolkata Poet Who Found Beauty in Borrowed Books and Broken Dreams

What happens when a boy reads poetry under streetlamps because his home has no electricity? Abbas Ali Khan Bekhud...

Aarif Naqshbandi: The Newspaper Boy Who Became Urdu Poetry’s Most Stirring Voice

Aarif Naqshbandi sold newspapers at railway stations before his poetry started healing wounds and building bridges across divided communities...

Aal-e-Raza Raza: The Poet Who Hid His Verses Under His Pillow

What drives a boy to scribble poetry on scraps of paper and hide them beneath his pillow, terrified of...

Hina Rizvi: From Lucknow’s Drawing Rooms to Poetry That Challenges a Nation

What happens when a woman picks up a pen not to escape her struggles, but to confront them head-on?...

ऐतबार साजिद : वो शायर जिसने मोहब्बत, तग़ज़्ज़ुल और तन्हाई को दिया नया रंग

उर्दू अदब की दुनिया में कुछ नाम ऐसे हैं जो अपने लफ़्ज़ों की सादगी, एहसास की गहराई और अंदाज़-ए-बयान...

Saqi Farooqi: The Rebel Poet Who Kept Urdu Alive in London

When a poet chooses exile over comfort and carries an entire language across continents in his heart, what drives...

Ibn-e-Insha: The Urdu Writer Who Turned Laughter Into Literature

A poet who made you smile before making you think, a satirist who never wounded, Ibn-e-Insha was the writer...

Abdul Hamid Adam: Romantic Poet Who Made Love a Living Language

When Urdu poetry speaks of romance, specific names surface instantly in our minds. Akhtar Sherani, Josh Malihabadi, and Hafiz...