The Urdu Ghazal Podcast
The Urdu Ghazal Podcast
Surinder Deol
The Urdu Ghazal Podcast, Episode 15 --Nida Fazli
19 minutes Posted Dec 27, 2023 at 9:00 pm.
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Send us Fan Mail Nida Fazli (1938-2016) was born in Delhi into a family of Kashmiri descent, but he grew up in Gwalior. During the partition, his parents migrated to Pakistan, but he decided to stay in India. Early in his life, he was influenced by the poetry of saints and bhaktas like Kabir, Surdas, and Mirabai, and this was his inspiration for writing poetry in Hindi, Gujarati, and Urdu. Later in life, he studied Urdu poetry, especially the works of Mir and Ghalib. He moved to Mumbai in 196...