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Wikkrama Sinha's first book of verse, Lustre: Poems (Kandy, 1965 ), was written entirely in English. Feeling constrained by his education to write in the language of what he believed to be 'the most despicable people on earth', he set himself to write as anarchically as possible. [ 3 ]
Nazm is a significant genre of Urdu and Sindhi poetry; the other one is known as ghazal. Nazm is significantly written by controlling one’s thoughts and feelings, which are constructively discussed as well as developed and finally, concluded, according to the poetic laws.
Waheed Akhtar (1934–1996), Urdu poet, writer, critic, orator, and one of the leading Muslim scholars and philosophers of the 20th century Baqer Amanatkhani (1905-1990), urdu poet, wrote 36 Marsiyas, more than 435 salaams, 200 Nauhas totalling more than 40,000 couplets in praise of Ahlulbayt.
According to the Dawn newspaper, "Progressive Writers Movement in Urdu literature was the strongest movement after Sir Syed's education movement. The progressives contributed to Urdu literature some of the finest pieces of fiction and poetry. Undoubtedly, they were the trend-setters for the coming generation of writers." [3]
Nazeer Akbarabadi (born Wali Muhammad; 1735 – 1830) was an 18th-century Indian poet known as "Father of Nazm", who wrote Urdu ghazals and nazms under the pen name "Nazeer", most remembered for his poems like Banjaranama (Chronicle of the Nomad), a satire.
Muhammad Siddique ناز خیالوی (12 December 1947 – 12 December 2010), pen name Naz Khialvi, was a Pakistani lyricist and radio broadcaster, who is mainly known for his Sufi verse Tum Ek Gorakh Dhanda Ho (You are a Puzzle), later sung by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, a legendary Qawwali singer, making both of them a household name.
During that period, he read eastern and western authors extensively and wrote poetry. He expresses his indebtedness to the Urdu poetry of Firaq Gorakhpuri and Ahsan Danish, as well as to the Hindi poems of Pant and Nirala. In those days, the newspapers in the Delhi-Punjab brought out special supplements and held poetry contests to mark Krishna ...
The Oxford English-Urdu Dictionary is a translation of the eighth and ninth editions of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary. [ 1 ] One of his personal friends was the former Chairman of Pakistan Academy of Letters and National Language Authority , Iftikhar Arif , who remembers him fondly.