Send a text Josh Malihabadi (born Shabbir Hasan Khan; 5 December 1898 in Malihabad, Uttar Pradesh, India – died 22 February 1982, Pakistan) popularly known as Shayar-e-Inqalab (poet of revolution) was a poet of Urdu. Known for his liberal values and challenging the established order, he wrote over 100,000 couplets and more than 1,000 rubaiyaat in his lifetime. Yaadon ki Barat, his autobiography, is noted for its frank and candid style. The first Prime Minister of India, Jawahar Lal Nehru held...
Mar 16, 2025
32 min
Send a text Shakeel Badayuni (3 August 1916 – 20 April 1970) was a famous Indian Urdu poet & lyricist. He is best remembered for most of his songs with music director Naushad. Shakiil won three Filmfare Awards in a row from 1961 to 1963 for his songs 'Kahin Deep Jale Kahin Dil' (Bees Saal Baad), 'Husnwale Tera Jawab Nahin' (Gharana), and 'Chaudvin Ka Chand Ho' (Chaudhvin Ka Chand). kabhī yak-ba-yak tavajjoh kabhī daf.atan taġhāful, mujhe aazmā rahā hai koī ruḳh badal badal kar. Abdul ...
Aug 30, 2024
18 min
Send a text Akhlaq Mohammad Khan, famously known by his pen name 'Shahryar,' was one of the leading Urdu poets and academicians in India. He was born on 16 June 1936 in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. He completed his masters in Urdu from AMU in 1961. After finishing his college, he began teaching at AMU and eventually retired as the head of the Urdu department. In his initial days, he was mentored by Khalil ur Rahman Azmi, a pioneering figure in modern Urdu poetry. Among his seniors, he acknowledge...
Jul 1, 2024
27 min
Send a text Ibne-eInsha. His real name was Sher Muhammad Khan. Ibn-e- Insha was an eminent Pakistani Leftist Urdu poet, and columnist. Along with his poetry, he was regarded as one of the best humorists of Urdu. He was born in Jalandhar District, Punjab. He did B.A. from Punjab University in 1946 and M.A. from University of Karachi in 1953. He was associated with various government services including Radio Pakistan, Ministry of Culture and National Book Centre of Pakistan. He also served Unit...
Mar 8, 2024
22 min
Send a text Meer Taqi Meer - One of the greatest Urdu poets. Known as Khuda-e-Sukhan (God of Poetry) Thanks for listening! Abdul Raoof Siddiqui email: [email protected] #urdupoetry #meertaqimeer Thanks for listening! Follow us on instagram @urdu.ghazal and visit our website www.mstn.in
Dec 30, 2023
19 min
Send a text Ahmad Mushtaq is one of the leading and reputed Pakistani poets known for his neo-classical tone, equally well-known in India, lives in Houston USA. Source: Rekhta Thanks for listening! Abdul Raoof Siddiqui email: [email protected] Instagram @urdu.ghazal Visit our website: www.mstn.in #urdupoetry #ahmadmushtaq Thanks for listening! Follow us on instagram @u...
Dec 2, 2023
26 min
Send a text Last of classical poets who celebrated life and love. Famous for his playfulness of words (idioms/ phrases). Nawab Mirza Khan Dagh Dehlavi (1831-1905), was born and brought up in the red fort of Delhi he was the grandson of Bahadur Shah Zafar, after the fall of Delhi in 1857, he had to move to Rampur where he lived in comfort for more than a decade. Later, his changing conditions, took him to other centers of renown like Lucknow, Patna, Calcutta, and Hyderabad. Dagh was a di...
Sep 21, 2023
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Send a text Majrooh Sultanpuri, by creating a political symbolism in the classical tradition of ghazal in the twentieth century, proved that the genre of ghazal has the ability to express all kinds of subjects, emotions, feelings and ideas effectively and pleasingly without sacrificing its quiddity. Majrooh made a slight change in the symbols and metaphors of classical ghazal and established a new vocabulary immersed in political symbolism. He made modern ghazal a pack of modern realities. Th...
Sep 9, 2023
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Send a text Well known poet and lyricist, Behzad Lucknavi was born Sardar Ahmad Khan on January 01, 1900 at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. He hailed from a family of litterateurs. His father was also a poet of repute during his time. Being influenced by the literary environment of Lucknow, Behzad started composing verse at an early age in his life. You can listen to the poetry of his grandson Azm Behzad in our Episode 71 Behzad worked for the Indian Railways for a long time but later he joine...
Jul 7, 2023
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Send a text Mahirul Quadri is known as a fine prose writer and a poet who invested in strengthening the classical tradition of Urdu poetry. He was born Manzoor Hussain on 30 July, 1906, at a place called Kaiser Kalan in Bulandshahar district of Uttar Pradesh. He passed his matriculation examination from Aligarh Muslim University and joined a well-known journal called Medina published from Bijnaur. He also got involved with the editing of several other newspapers and journals. He also lived in...
Jun 22, 2023
15 min
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