Category Archives: urdu

Reshuffling

All the urdu poetry posts have been moved over to my Moonstruck Blog. Please follow your love for poetry there and if possible, contribute. Thanks.
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Ghalib’s heritage endangered

Unfortunate is the land that can’t uphold it’s own legacy. To have been blessed with the affections of the peerless Mirza Ghalib is sufficient alone to make Delhi special but Delhi has decided to hand the honor over to the oblivion. In recent news article from TOI, the Delhi govt. or the archaeological department had [...]
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Iqbal Bano

I came across this news this week and even though I wasn’t explicitly aware that she was living, the news of her death makes one think about the bygone era of tyranny, political upheaval and suppression. She was a legend not only through her artistic talent but also through an insuppressible spirit.
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