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Syed Akbar Hussain, popularly known as Akbar Allahabadi (16 November 1846 – 9 September 1921) was an Urdu poet from Indian subcontinent in the genre of satire. [2] The most popular of Akbar's verse poked fun at the cultural dilemma posed by the onslaught of Western British culture. His ire was mostly directed towards the natives he considered ...
S.H.E. Hum Sub Umeed Se Hain ( Urdu: ہم سب امید سے ہیں, lit. 'We Are All Expecting') is a political satire show, which features funny segments on Pakistani political issues. Hosted by Saba Qamar, Fiza Ali and Mehwish Hayat, the show was divided into 3 versions. The first one is 'Midweek Version' Hosted by Mehwish Hayat, the second ...
Urdu Ki Aakhri Kitab (Urdu: اردو کی آخری کتاب) is a 1971 Urdu comic and satirical book by Ibn-e-Insha. It is a parody of Muhammad Hussain Azad 's textbook " Urdu Ki Pehli Kitab ". The Dawn newspaper included Urdu Ki Aakhri Kitab in its list of the best 100 Urdu books of all times.
1955. " Toba Tek Singh " (Urdu: ٹوبہ ٹیک سنگھ ALA-LC: Ṭobah Țek Siṉgh IPA: [ʈoːbəh ʈeːk sɪŋɡʱ]) is a short story written by Saadat Hasan Manto and published in 1955. It follows inmates in a Lahore asylum, some of whom are to be transferred to India following the 1947 Partition. According to a personal essay hosted at ...
Hasb-e-Haal. Hasb-e-Haal (Urdu: حسبِ حال, lit. '"as usual"') is a Pakistani Urdu-language comedy show based on political satire that airs on Dunya TV at 11:05 pm from Thursday to Sunday. [1] It stars Sohail Ahmed, Fareed Raees, Amanat Chan, Nawaz Anjum, Jiya Dilnawaz, Zulfi Ali and Goga Ji. [2] It was first hosted by Aftab Iqbal as an ...
Hussain published several books and over 15 volumes of humor journalism, with many of them translated into Hindi, English and other languages. [3] Apne Yaad Mein, an autobiographical satire, Urdu ke sheher urdu ke log, [4] Behar hal, [5] Safar lakht lakht [6] and Mera Column [7] are some of his notable works.
A parody is a creative work designed to imitate, comment on, and/or mock its subject by means of satirical or ironic imitation.Often its subject is an original work or some aspect of it (theme/content, author, style, etc), but a parody can also be about a real-life person (e.g. a politician), event, or movement (e.g. the French Revolution or 1960s counterculture).
Intertextuality. Intertextuality is the shaping of a text's meaning by another text, either through deliberate compositional strategies such as quotation, allusion, calque, plagiarism, translation, pastiche or parody, [1][2][3][4][5] or by interconnections between similar or related works perceived by an audience or reader of the text. [6]