Best Ghazals and Nazms: Urdu poetry in Roman English, Urdu and Hindi scri...

2021-08-12

The martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Husain, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, has inspired not just Muslims but people belonging to different faiths, for centuries...

2021-08-09

Nomaan 'Shauq' is one of the most respected names in Urdu literature. Apart from the genre of ghazals, he is known for his unique Nazms. In extraordinary...

2021-08-02

Eminent poet Zia Farooqui hails from Sandila, the famous town in Uttar Pradesh. He stayed a long part of his life in Kanpur before he settled in Bhopal...

2021-07-15

Shams Ur Rehman Alavi is a Bhopal-based poet. These poetic lines express love for Lucknow, a centre of culture. यहाँ है रूमी दर और गोमती का भी किनार...

2021-06-25

This is a ghazal against the culture of silence, psychological pressure in society and the strange expectation that the victim must not speak out or raise...

2021-05-26

Eminent poet Ali Abbas Ummid is a prolific author and well-known for his ghazals and nazms. Hailing from Ghazipur in UP, he made Bhopal his home. He shuns...

2021-05-25

Khwaja Haider Ali 'Aatish' Lakhnawi is one of the giants of Urdu literature who was born in 1778. Aatish and Imam Bakhsh Nasikh were contemporary poets...

2021-05-25

Fani Badauni* [pronunciation Faani] was born in Badaun town in Uttar Pradesh in 1879. He is among the legends of Urdu poetry. He passed away in 1941...

2021-05-25

Shams Ur Rehman Alavi is a poet and writer based in Bhopal. This Nazm is dedicated to the city, known for its unique history, culture and scenic beauty...

2021-02-09

This is Noorul Huda Shah's Nazm. Read it in Urdu, Roman and Devnagri scripts: दिल चाहता है ग़ार-ए-असहाब-ए-कहफ़* में जाकर सो जाऊं जब नींद से उठूँ मेर...