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Shair was founded on 14 February 1930, in Agra, India, by Iftikhar Imam Siddiqui's grandfather Seemab Akbarabadi, [1] [2] [3] with the purpose of providing guidance and a platform to help new poets be published. [1]
Rekhta is an Indian web portal started by Rekhta Foundation, a non-profit organisation dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the Urdu literature. [4] The Rekhta Library Project, its books preservation initiative, has successfully digitized approximately 200,000 books over a span of ten years. [5]
Syed Mahmood Khundmiri (Urdu: سید محمود خوندمیری) (known popularly by his takhallus Talib) was an Indian Urdu language poet, humorist, architect, artist, orator, and one of the leading Urdu poets of the 20th and 21st centuries. He concentrated on humorous poetry, and was considered among the elite of Urdu humor. [1]
Sufi Tabassum also edited the magazine Lail-o-Nahar for a while in addition to working for Radio Pakistan, Pakistan Arts Council and Iqbal Academy. [1] In Pakistan, he is considered a pioneer in children's poetry. Totbatot and Jhoolnay are his popular poems for children. [2]
Ashob remained an historical genre in Persian, Urdu and Turkish literature used by the writers, predominantly by the Mughal poets to express their anguish and sorrows over political and social shifts. [4] [5] The Ashobs are generally describing emotional thoughts of a writer in a narrative poem based on several competencies. [6]
Ada Jafarey's first ghazal was published in Akhtar Sheerani's magazine, Romān, [h] in 1945. [10] Ada Jafarey published her first collection of poems, "Maiṉ Sāz Ḍhūṉḍtī Rahī" [i] in 1950. Her book, G̲h̲azal Numā, [j] containing short essays with short biographies and brief commentaries on the work previous Urdu poets was ...
The following is a List of Urdu-language poets This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Urdu poetry (Urdu: اُردُو شاعرى, romanized: Urdū Shāʿirī) is a tradition of poetry and has many different forms. Today, it is an important part of the culture of India and Pakistan . Several prominent Urdu poets include Mir Taqi Mir (d. 1810), Mirza Ghalib (d. 1869), Mir Anees (d. 1874), Muhammad Iqbal (d. 1938) and Josh ...