Jatinder Parwaz said that Shuja had recited in mushairas along side legends like Firaq Gorakhpuri, who also considered him a gem among poets. “Firaq said that he cherished reciting along with him”, he recalled. Shuja Khawar’s death has left a void in Urdu literature. Shuja had also ...
Urdu and Bengali poetry. In classic form, the ghazal has from five to fifteen rhyming couplets that share a refrain at the end of the second line. This refrain may be of one or several syllables, and is preceded by a rhyme. Each line has an identical meter. Each couplet forms a comple...
And then, she crashes and is lost in the gasp of the night. He faces the bleak –and this is good enough for him – this life and love after death, because this all goes on beyond the grave. And after death there is no heart. And after death there is no unknowing for what ...
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People were too high on pseudo-vindication to mourn the death of journalism. Each day they got a tsunami of information and information-like content that confirmed the world was as they believed (and wanted) it to be. No matter where one fell on the political spectrum, one could find a ...
Structure:Can be as long as the poet wants, and is mostly commonly written in couplets or quatrains, but it’s the poet’s choice as long as it’s about death/mourning/etc. Meter:Iambic pentameter (usually). Rhyme scheme:Typically ABBA or ABAB, but not strictly. ...
Exchanging Presents for Presence I’m sorry I was there, But really not. I did not know what being “we” was all about. When I was with you I always thought first about me Never realizing what the joy Of unrequited giving could be. Now that “we” are no more, I ponder what coul...
Structure:Can be as long as the poet wants, and is mostly commonly written in couplets or quatrains, but it’s the poet’s choice as long as it’s about death/mourning/etc. Meter:Iambic pentameter (usually). Rhyme scheme:Typically ABBA or ABAB, but not strictly. ...
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, ...
Renowned during his lifetime for his poetic and scholarly endeavors, Maulvi Ahmed Yar enjoyed the patronage of Sikh chiefs and received jagirs in recognition of his work. However, after his death, his prominence waned, unlike his contemporaries Hashim Shah and Kader Yar. This decline can be att...