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Kokkare Hosahalli Shekh Haider Nissar Ahmed (5 February 1936 – 3 May 2020 [1]) was an Indian poet and writer in the Kannada language. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He was awarded the Padma Shri (2008), [ 4 ] the Rajyotsava Award (1981) and the Pampa award for his work (2017).
Ntuppuppakkoranendarnnu (My Granddad Had an Elephant!) is a short novel by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer published in 1951. [1] It is one of the most famous among his works. [2] The story is woven around the love of Kunjupattumma for Nisar Ahmed.
Kannada poetry dates back many centuries, to before the time of Adikavi Pampa. A revival took place in the early 20th century led by Kuvempu, Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre, B. M. Srikanthaiah and others. The genre was further developed after Indian independence with poets including Gopalakrishna Adiga
Malikzada Manzoor Ahmad; Ashfaq Ahmed; Faruqi Nisar Ahmed; Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi; Saeed Ahmad Akhtar; Waheed Akhtar; Zamin Ali; Amjad Islam Amjad; Majeed Amjad; Rasheed ...
A large part of Ghalib's poetry focuses on the Naʽat, poems in praise of Muhammad, which indicates that Ghalib was a devout Muslim. [38] Ghalib wrote his Abr-i gauharbar (Urdu: ابر گہر بار, lit. 'The Jewel-carrying Cloud') as a Naʽat poem. [39] Ghalib also wrote a qasida of 101 verses in dedication to a Naʽat. [38]
Jan Nisar Akhtar (18 February 1914 – 19 August 1976) was an Indian poet of Urdu ghazals and nazms, and a part of the Progressive Writers' Movement, who was also a lyricist for Bollywood. [ 1 ] He was the son of Muztar Khairabadi and great grandson of Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi , who were both Urdu poets.
Nisar Ahmad Kakru, former Indian judge from India, Chief Justice of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh; Nisar Ahmad Khuhro, Pakistani politician from Sindh; Nisar Bazmi, composer and music director in the Pakistan film industry; Nisar Khan, Pakistani amateur boxer; Nisar Memon, Pakistani politician, member of the Senate of Pakistan
Poets like Jan Nisar Akhtar, Ali Sardar Jafri, Kaifi Azmi, Sahir Ludhianvi and Makhdoom Mohiuddin wrote stirring poems celebrating the working class, condemning religious sectarianism and celebrating international figures such as Martin Luther King Jr., Patrice Lumumba, Jawaharlal Nehru (in the context of his international efforts) and Mao Zedong.