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Zubair Ali Tabish is a poet of all moods and shades of life.  His recent anthology 'तुम्हारे बाद का मौसम ' is a fine collection of romance, philosophy and emotion   delicately  woven into nazms, ghazals and couplets. A double bachelor in Chemistry and Urdu language, this young, upcoming  poet  from Nagar Deola, Maharashtra is an absolute  show-stealer at the Mushairas and is extremely popular on social media as well. 

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Mirza Ghalib’s original Takhallus (pen-name) was Asad, taken from his given name, Asadullah Khan. At some point early in his poetic career he decided to adopt the pen-name of Ghalib (meaning all conquering, superior, most excellent). Ghalib wrote on Love, Philosophy and God. His work is profound. In this episode I have narrated the best couplets of Ghalib on various topics like, “Who is Ghalib”, “Ghalib on Philosophy & Religion”, “Ghalib on Love, Longing and Heartbreak”

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Mirza Ghalib is the greatest Urdu Poet. His poetry is still relevant 150 years after his death. He wrote in both Urdu and Persian and although his Persian Divan is many times longer than his Urdu Divan, his fame rests on his poetry in Urdu. Ghalib remains popular not only in the Indian subcontinent but also among the Hindustani diaspora around the world.

Haiñ aur bhī duniyā meñ suḳhan-var bahut achchhe
kahte haiñ ki 'ġhālib' kā hai andāz-e-bayāñ aur

Mirza Ghalib's looks at the world as if it is a playground where everyone is busy in some mundane activity and merrymaking rather than aspiring for something of greater value.

bāzīcha-e-atfāl hai duniyā mire aage
hotā hai shab-o-roz tamāshā mire aage

I am quoting Ali Haider Nazm Tabatabai,
“Before Ghalib, the ghazal was primarily an expression of anguished love; but Ghalib expressed philosophy, the travails and mysteries of life and wrote ghazals on many other subjects, vastly expanding the scope of the ghazal.”

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Poet and a Hakeem. Hakeem Nasir was born in Ajmer in 1947 but later migrated with his parents to Karachi Pakistan where he inherited the Nizami Dawakhana. His father Hakeem Naseer Uddin Nadwi and his grandfather was also a Hakeem. He started writing Urdu poetry along with his practice of Hikmat. Hakeem Nasir is best known for his ghazal Jab sey tu nay mujhey deewana bana rakha hai. He passed away on 28 july 2007 in Karachi. Source: Rekhta Foundation

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Parveen Shakir (24 November 1952 – 26 December 1994) was a Pakistani poet, teacher and a civil servant of the Government of Pakistan.  She is best known for her poems, which brought a distinctive feminine voice to Urdu literature, and for her consistent use of the rare grammatical feminine gender for the word "lover". She passed away too soon in a traffic accident at the age of 42.  As a poet Parveen in a very subtle manner gave voice to the feelings of women about men. She never shied away from exploring social issues and taboos such as gender inequality, discrimination and prostitution. Source: Wikipedia.

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Born in Firozpur, India, on 1st August 1946, Adeem Hashmi’s actual name was Faizuddin. He was brought up in Faizabad and moved to Lahore in 1970, where his poems were regularly published in literary journals. Meanwhile, he also wrote songs for radio and TV. Later, he moved to Rawalpindi. In 2001, he relocated to America accompanying his friend and distinguished poet Iftikhar Nasim. He had long-standing heart disease and underwent a bypass operation. He passed away in Chicago on 3rd November 2001. Some notable books authored by him include ‘Tarkash’, ‘Mukalima’, ‘Chehra Tumhara Yaad Rahta Hai’, ‘Fasle Aise Bhi Honge’, and ‘Bahut Nazdik Aate Jaa Rahe Ho’.

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Bekal Utsahi was a popular poet who made extensive use of Awadhi language in his shayari. He was born Mohd. Shafi Khan in Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh on June 1, 1930. Bekal was given the pseudonym Utsahi by Jawahar Lal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister. This happened during an election campaign of the Congress party in Gonda, in which Bekal Warsi welcomed Pandit Nehru by narrating the poetry "Kisan Bharat Ka". Nehru was awestruck and said,"Yeh hamara utsahi shayar hai".  Since that day, he came to be known as Bekal Utsahi in the literary circles. His most famous nazm is 'Ai Meri Jan-e-ghazal….'. Bekal was a member of Rajya Sabha. In 1976, he was awarded the Padmshree in the field of literature. He passed away on 2nd December 2016. Source: Wikipedia.

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Faiz Ahmad Faiz (13 February 1911 – 20 November 1984) was a Pakistani poet, and author in Urdu and Punjabi language. He was one of the most celebrated writers of the Urdu language in Pakistan. Outside literature, he has been described as "a man of wide experience" having been a teacher, an army officer, a journalist, a trade unionist and a broadcaster.
Faiz was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature and won the Lenin Peace Prize.
Born in Punjab, British India, Faiz went on to study at Government College and Oriental College. He went on to serve in the British Indian Army. After Pakistan's independence, Faiz became the editor to The Pakistan Times and a leading member of the Communist Party before being arrested in 1951 as an alleged part of conspiracy to overthrow the Liaquat administration and replace it with a left-wing government.
Faiz was released after four years in prison and went on to become a notable member of the Progressive Writers' Movement and eventually an aide to the Bhutto administration, before being self-exiled to Beirut.Faiz was an avowed Marxist, and he received the Lenin Peace Prize from the Soviet Union in 1962. His work remains influential in Pakistan literature and arts. Faiz's literary work was posthumously publicly honored when the Pakistan Government conferred upon him the nation's highest civil award, Nishan-e-Imtiaz, in 1990.

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Hope you enjoyed part 1 on Shailendra the popular Hindi-Urdu Poet, lyricist and Film producer.  Welcome to part 2 .  Shailendra  wrote lyrics for several successful Hindi film songs in1950s and the 1960s.  Please leave a review if you like our work. You can reach us on instagram @urdu.ghazal

Shankardas Kesarilal Shailendra
 Date of Birth: August 30, 1923
 Birth Place: Rawalpindi, British India (Now in Pakistan)
 Date of Death: December 14, 1966 Mumbai
 Source: Wikipedia


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Shailendra was a popular Indian Hindi-Urdu Poet, lyricist and Film producer. Noted for his association with the filmmaker Raj Kapoor, singer Mukesh, the music composers Shankar-Jaikishan & lyricist Majrooh Sultan Puri, he wrote lyrics for several successful Hindi film songs in1950s and the 1960s. 

Full Name: Shankardas Kesarilal Shailendra
Date of Birth: August 30, 1923
Birth Place: Rawalpindi, British India (Now in Pakistan)
Date of Death: December 14, 1966 Mumbai
Source: Wikipedia
Songs were sung by Syed Iftequar Ali

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