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Send a text Jaan Nisar Akhtar was born in 1914 in Gwalior and left for heavenly abode on August 18th, 1976 in Mumbai, India. He left an indelible mark on Urdu Adab as a romantic and revolutionary poet. Jaan Nisar Akhtar’s repertoire contained Ghazal, Nazm, Qita, Rubai & Film songs. He was part of the progressive writers movement. His father Mushtar Khairabadi was a famous Urdu poet & his c...

Send a text Pirzada Qasim is a well renowned Pakistani Scholar, Poet, Scientist and an educationist. He is also known for ghazals which were full of social and political satire. If you like our podcast please share it with your friends. Leave a review. Feedback is always welcome and much appreciated. Abdul Raoof Siddiqui email: raoof3@yahoo.com Instagram @urdu.ghazal Visit our website: www.mstn.in...

Send a text Javed Akhtar is an Urdu Poet, Lyricist, Screenwriter & a political activist. He is a recipient of prestigious awards like Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, Sahitya Akademi Award, National award and around 15 Film Fare awards. He also served as a member of parliament in the upper house called Rajya Sabha. In this podcast I have recited some of his poetry that is very dear to my heart. If y...

Send a text Mansoor Usmani was born in 1954 in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh. His father Gauhar Usmani was also a very good Urdu Poet. Mansoor Usmani is a very good & popular Nazim-e-Mushaira as well. Please check out Iqbal Ashhar's Shaairon Ke Qisseon YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_xo58lHBPE&t=305s If you like our podcast please share it with your friends. Leave a review. Feedb...

Send a text Habib Jalib was one of the revolutionary poets from Pakistan. He was born on 24 March 1929 as Habib Ahmad in a village near Hoshiarpur British India. His family migrated to Pakistan after partition. Habib started working as a proof-reader in Daily Imroze Karachi. He wrote in simple language and generally addressed common issues directly related to people. He was a staunch democrat and...

Send a text A.M. Turaz is an Indian Poet, lyricist, and script writer. He has been associated with more than 40 Bollywood movies so far. He was born on 19 September 1981 at Sambhaleheda village in Miranpur Muzaffarnagar , Uttar Pradesh . He is extremely popular in Mushairas. Not only his poetry is great but the personality he gets to the stage is electrifying. He has the attitude of a rockstar whe...

Send a text Subhan Asad is a young Urdu Poet hailing from Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. I like his work and he is very popular with youngsters. If you like our podcast please share it with your friends. Leave a review.  Feedback is always welcome and much appreciated. Abdul Raoof Siddiqui email: raoof3@yahoo.com Instagram @urdu.ghazal Visit our website: www.mstn.in https://www.buymeacoffee.com/...

Send a text Nida Fazli (12th October 1938 – 8th February 2016)  was a famous Indian Hindi and Urdu poet, lyricist and dialogue writer. He disagreed with the partition of India and was quite vociferous against the communal riots, dishonest politicians and fundamentalism. He was honored with the National Harmony Award for writing on communal harmony. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2013 by the gove...

Send a text Tariq Sabzwari is a famous Urdu poet who is well known for his tarannum and is a fine exponent of “Jadid” ghazal. In his earlier days he was also known as Tariq Badayuni, he is from Badayun, Uttar Pradesh but later settled in Karachi, Pakistan. He has always tried to get the two countries India & Pakistan together.  If you like our podcast please share it with your friends. Leave a...

Send a text Kaifi Azmi was a famous Urdu poet and a well renowned lyricist of Bollywood. He was born on 14th January 1919 in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. His actual name was Athar Hussain Rizvi.  He has been credited to bring urdu literature to Bollywood movies. In 1942 he quit studies and joined the ‘Quit India movement’, a struggle against British to free India. He was a left leaning Marxist and joi...

Send a text Zubair Ali Tabish is a poet of all moods and shades of life.  His recent anthology 'तुम्हारे बाद का मौसम ' is a fine collection of romance, philosophy and emotion   delicately  woven into nazms, ghazals and couplets. A double bachelor in Chemistry and Urdu language, this young, upcoming  poet  from Nagar Deola, Maharashtra is an absolute  show-stealer at the Mushairas and is...

Send a text Mirza Ghalib’s original Takhallus (pen-name) was Asad, taken from his given name, Asadullah Khan. At some point early in his poetic career he decided to adopt the pen-name of Ghalib (meaning all conquering, superior, most excellent). Ghalib wrote on Love, Philosophy and God. His work is profound. In this episode I have narrated the best couplets of Ghalib on various topics like, “Who i...

Send a text Mirza Ghalib is the greatest Urdu Poet. His poetry is still relevant 150 years after his death. He wrote in both Urdu and Persian and although his Persian Divan is many times longer than his Urdu Divan, his fame rests on his poetry in Urdu. Ghalib remains popular not only in the Indian subcontinent but also among the Hindustani diaspora around the world. Haiñ aur bhī duniyā meñ suḳhan-...

Send a text Poet and a Hakeem. Hakeem Nasir was born in Ajmer in 1947 but later migrated with his parents to Karachi Pakistan where he inherited the Nizami Dawakhana. His father Hakeem Naseer Uddin Nadwi and his grandfather was also a Hakeem. He started writing Urdu poetry along with his practice of Hikmat. Hakeem Nasir is best known for his ghazal Jab sey tu nay mujhey deewana bana rakha hai. He...

Send a text Parveen Shakir (24 November 1952 – 26 December 1994) was a Pakistani poet , teacher and a civil servant of the Government of Pakistan .  She is best known for her poems, which brought a distinctive feminine voice to Urdu literature, and for her consistent use of the rare grammatical feminine gender for the word "lover". She passed away too soon in a traffic accident at the ag...

Send a text Born in Firozpur, India, on 1st August 1946, Adeem Hashmi’s actual name was Faizuddin. He was brought up in Faizabad and moved to Lahore in 1970, where his poems were regularly published in literary journals. Meanwhile, he also wrote songs for radio and TV. Later, he moved to Rawalpindi. In 2001, he relocated to America accompanying his friend and distinguished poet Iftikhar Nasim. He...

Send a text Bekal Utsahi was a popular poet who made extensive use of Awadhi language in his shayari. He was born Mohd. Shafi Khan in Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh on June 1, 1930. Bekal was given the pseudonym Utsahi by Jawahar Lal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister. This happened during an election campaign of the Congress party in Gonda, in which Bekal Warsi welcomed Pandit Nehru by narrating...

Send a text Faiz Ahmad Faiz (13 February 1911 – 20 November 1984) was a Pakistani poet, and author in Urdu and Punjabi language. He was one of the most celebrated writers of the Urdu language in Pakistan. Outside literature, he has been described as "a man of wide experience" having been a teacher, an army officer, a journalist, a trade unionist and a broadcaster. Faiz was nominated for...

Send a text Hope you enjoyed part 1 on Shailendra the popular Hindi-Urdu Poet, lyricist and Film producer.  Welcome to part 2 .  Shailendra  wrote lyrics for several successful Hindi film songs in1950s and the 1960s.  Please leave a review if you like our work. You can reach us on instagram @urdu.ghazal Shankardas Kesarilal Shailendra  Date of Birth: August 30, 1923  Birth Place: Rawalpindi, Briti...

Send a text Shailendra was a popular Indian Hindi-Urdu Poet, lyricist and Film producer. Noted for his association with the filmmaker Raj Kapoor, singer Mukesh, the music composers Shankar-Jaikishan & lyricist Majrooh Sultan Puri, he wrote lyrics for several successful Hindi film songs in1950s and the 1960s.  Full Name: Shankardas Kesarilal Shailendra Date of Birth: August 30, 1923 Birth Place...

Send a text MERAJ FAIZABADI (1941 - 2013) his actual name was Meraj Ul Haq. He was from Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, India but later settled in Lucknow. He did his bachelors in Science from Lucknow university but couldn’t complete his masters due to financial difficulties. He was a very popular poet of his time and was famous for his easy diction. He had a regular presence in Mushairas at All India pl...

Send a text Sahir gave innumerable hit songs to Indian film Industry. In part 2 I have narrated some of his best work. I was very much influenced by the book on Sahir’s life by Akshay Manwani - Title of this episode is based on the title of Mr. Manwani’s book. Link to his book is given below, I highly recommend the book, the way Manwani drew a sketch of Sahir’s work, life and personality is worth...

Send a text Sahir Ludhianvi’s actual name was Abdul Hai. He was a famous Urdu poet and a lyricist who gave innumerable beautiful songs to Indian film Industry. In this episode I have narrated some of his best work. I was very much influenced by the book on Sahir’s life by Akshay Manwani - Title of this episode is based on the title of Mr. Manwani’s book. Link to his book is given below. I highly r...

Send a text Though Hasrat used to write Nazm, Khataat, Nasr and Ghazlen but he was recognized mainly for his Ghazals. He was a huge proponent of Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb. He was not only a pious Muslim but also a devotee of lord Krishna. If you like our podcast please share it with your friends. Leave a review. Feedback is always welcome and much appreciated. Abdul Raoof Siddiqui email: raoof3@yahoo.c...

Send a text Hasrat Mohani was born in a place known as Mohaan in Uttar Pradesh in 1875 in British India. He was great poet and a freedom fighter. He passed away in 1951 in independent India. His actual name was Fazlur Rehman but he used to write under a pen name Hasrat. He is popularly known as Hasrat Mohani. He was a pious muslim and a devotee of lord Krishna as well. Flute was his prized possess...