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Send a text Hasan Kamal is a famous Urdu Shayar, renowned lyricist and journalist. He also served as an editor of a famous urdu weekly Blitz. Kamal Sahab was born in Lucknow , India. He graduated from the Lucknow University and began his journalistic career as a Sub-editor of Blitz Weekly in 1965. He became the editor of Urdu Blitz in 1974 and brought up its circulation from mere 13,000 copies to...

Send a text Ali Sikandar was popularly known as Jigar Moradabadi. He was one of the most admired Urdu poets of his time. He was from a family of poets, his father and paternal grand father were also poets. He was born in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh in 1890 AD in erstwhile British India and passed away in 1960 AD in independent India. He was regarded as the King of Urdu Ghazal. His poetry is still ali...

Send a text Qateel Shifai - Shayar aur Naghma-Nigaar (24th Dec 1919 - 11th July 2001) He born in British India (now Pakistan). He started working in the Pakistani film industry in 1947 as a lyricist. He wrote 2,500 songs and published multiple books. His talent crossed geographical border. His Urdu poetry has been translated into numerous languages including Hindi ,  Gujarati , English, Russian an...

Send a text Jaun Eliya - Shaairon Ke Shayar Syed Hussain Jaun Asghar Naqvi, commonly known as Jaun Elia, was an Indo-Pak Urdu poet, philosopher, biographer, and scholar. He was the brother of Rais Amrohvi and Syed Muhammad Taqi, who were journalists and psychoanalysts. He was fluent in Urdu, Arabic, English, Persian, Sanskrit and Hebrew. He was ahead of his times and there are times he was misunde...

Send a text Khumar Barabankvi - Urdu Ghazal Ke Badshah, Urdu Ghazal Ki Abroo. (15 September 1919 – 19 February 1999) Khumar Barabankvi was one of the greatest Urdu poets of of his time. His actual name was Mohammed Haidar Khan, but he wrote under the takhallus (pen name) of Khumar, which means intoxication. He was born in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. There was a  poetic environment in his family duri...

Send a text Rajesh Reddy is a contemporary Urdu Poet. His ghazals have been sung by Jagjit Singh and Pankaj Udhaas. He uses a simple a language that connects very easily with his listeners. I am a great fan of his poetry and I am hoping you will like his work too.  Published Books: Falak Bhar Udaan Wajood If you like our podcast please share it with your friends. Leave a review. Feedback is always...

Send a text Syed Ahmad Shah better known by his pen name Ahmed Faraz, (January 1931 – 25 August 2008) was a Pakistani Urdu poet, scriptwriter and chairman of Pakistan Academy of Letters. He wrote his poetry under pseudonym Faraz. During his lifetime, he criticized military rule and coup d'état in the country and was displaced by the military dictators. He was awarded the Sitara-i-Imtiaz and H...

Send a text Bashir Badr is an Urdu poet extraordinaire, who has been felicitated with the Sahitya Academy Award and Padamshree. He was born on February 15th, 1935 at Ayodhya, India. He completed his B.A., M.A. and Ph D. from Aligarh Muslim University. He worked as a lecturer in the Aligarh Muslim University and later as the head of the department of Meerut College, Meerut. He is well versed not ju...

Send a text Zahid Hassan Waseem popularly known by his pen name Waseem Barelvi. He was born in Bareilly , Uttar Pradesh . He has published lots of books and his ghazals were even sung by Jagjit Singh. He is extremely popular in mushairas and is revered by all the contemporary poets. Has been bestowed with lots on national and international awards. His Published Work includes: Tabassum-e-Gham (Urdu...

Send a text One of favorite poets, Dr. Nadeem Shad is a contemporary Urdu Shayar. He is from Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, India. Classical Ghazal is his expertise. He is extremely popular in Mushairas. Audience love him. I love when he recites ghazals in Tarannum. https://www.facebook.com/nadeem.shad.73 If you like our podcast please share it with your friends. Leave a review. Feedback is always welcom...

Send a text Azm Shakri is a contemporary Urdu Shayar. Classical Ghazal is his expertise. He is extremely popular in Mushairas. Audience love him. He has a beautiful voice and can be counted among the best ‘ghazal-gos’ due to his unique and melodious way of rendering the ghazal. He has published three books so far: Barf, Mehrab-e-Ishq, Surkhab. #azmshakri #urdughazal #urduadab If you like our podca...

Send a text Tahir Faraz is a contemporary Urdu Poet. He is renowned all over the world because of his unique way of rendering ghazals. He has been blessed with a beautiful and soulful voice.   He has also written songs for Bollywood movies. Hindustaan ki Shaan hai Tahir Faraz. I narrate few of his ghazals and Nazms in this Episode. Published work : Kashkol  Publishers: Isteara Publications - 2004...

Send a text Iqbal Ashhar is a very popular contemporary Urdu Poet. He is famous for his Ghazal, Nazm & Geet. When he wields his pen, it produces classical ghazals as well as progressive style of Urdu poetry. He is well versed in both art forms. He is extremely popular in mushairas & Kavi Sammelans, folks line up to listen to him. Renowned Urdu Scholar and Literary critic, Dr. Gopichand Nar...

Send a text In this episode I have shared few of my favorite ghazals, Sher and Geet of Manzar Sahab. Manzar Bhopali is a contemporary Urdu poet. He was born in Amravati, Maharashtra. During his teenage years, Manzar Sahab started taking interest in poetry and attended his first Mushaira at the age of 17. Over the course of 4 decades, he has penned more than a dozen books in Hindi and Urdu.  He has...