Takmeel
Takmeel means to bring to fulfilment or maturity, to complete something. Here is a couplet by Ali Sardar Jafri with …
Takmeel means to bring to fulfilment or maturity, to complete something. Here is a couplet by Ali Sardar Jafri with …
A wonderful ghazal by Pakistani Urdu poet Ibn-Insha, most famously known for his ghazal ‘kal chaudhvin ki raat thi, shab …
“Hungama Hai Kyon Barpa” is a popular ghazal, especially in the renditions, sung by Ghulam Ali.It is written by the …
Daffatan is the Urdu lafz that means to happen ‘suddenly or swiftly, even unexpectedly’ (achaanak in Hindi) Used wonderfully in …
Here is a beautiful ghazal by Daagh Dehlvi, each couplet is a potent idea and rendered melodiously by Ghulam Ali …
Here is Urdu poet Momin Khan Momin’s most famous ghazal: woh jo humme tumme qaraar thaa, tumhein yaad ho ke …
Some people say that there are two types of people in the world – those who divide the world into …
Here is a heart-warming ghazal by Abdul Hafeez ‘Hafeez Hoshiarpuri’, who was born in Hoshiarpur in 1912. He was considered …
Iztirab – anxiety, uneasiness Ishtiyaq – wish, liking, fondness These two lafz have been woven together beautifully by Maulana Hasrat …
Hasrat Mohani was a romantic poet of urdu language, journalist, politician, parliamentarian and a fearless freedom fighter of the Indian …