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 United Nations for some time and this enabled him to visit a lot of places and was the reason of his subsequent travelo ..read more

Meer Tai Meer - One of the greatest Urdu poets. Known as Khuda-e-Sukhan (God of Poetry) Thanks for listening!     Abdul Raoof Siddiqui   email: raoof3@yahoo.com     #urdupoetry #meertaqimeer Thanks for listening! Follow us on instagram @urdu.ghazal and visit our website www.mstn.in ..read more

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: raoof3@yahoo.com         Instagram @urdu.ghazal         Visit our website: www.mstn.in  #urdupoetry #ahmadmushtaq Thanks for listening! Follow us on instagram @urdu.ghazal and visit our website www.mstn.in ..read more

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 disciple of Zauq and also has a large number of eminent disciples to his own credit, Dagh deliberated upon the aesthe ..read more

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. Thanks to his artistry, they become living symbols for their readers. He kept the reputation of ghazal intact during ..read more

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 Bombay for some time where he wrote lyrics for films. Following the Partition of India, he migrated to Pakistan an ..read more

Dr. Salim Torania, MD is an infectious disease specialist from Kenosha, WI. He is also a contemporary Urdu poet who was born in Pakistan. “Zakhm Bol Parey” is the title of his poetry collection.          Abdul Raoof Siddiqui      email: raoof3@yahoo.com      Instagram @urdu.ghazal      Visit our website: www.mstn.in  #urdupoetry #salimtorania Thanks for listening! Follow us on instagram @urdu.ghazal and visit our website www.mstn.in ..read more

Sajida Kazmi is a contemporary Urdu poet from Chicago. She writes very eloquently and ghazal is her forte.  I really enjoyed reading her book, "Zakhm Abhi Bhare Nahin"         Abdul Raoof Siddiqui     email: raoof3@yahoo.com     Instagram @urdu.ghazal     Visit our website: www.mstn.in  #urdupoetry #sajidakazmi Thanks for listening! Follow us on instagram @urdu.ghazal and visit our website www.mstn.in ..read more

Eminent poet, educationist and Padam Shree recipient Dr. Kaleem Aajiz was born in a village in Patna district in the 1926. He was a gold medalist in BA from Patna College and then earned his Masters degree in Urdu from Patna University. He also got his doctorate from Patna University for his thesis on "Evolution of Urdu Literature in Bihar. He served as a lecturer for decades in the Department of Urdu at Patna University. In 1976, his first book of ghazals was released by the President of India in Vigyan Bhawan, Delhi. In the '60s and '70s he was the only Urdu poet who represented Bihar in the ..read more

Poet & music composer, Ali Baba Darpan is one of the contemporary Urdu poets of India based out of Hyderabad.  Ali Baba Darpan is a maestro of rhyme and the magic he creates with his poetry is phenomenal.  You can buy his book “Darpan Ka Dil” which is in Both Urdu & Roman Script from the below link. https://www.amazon.in/Darpan-Ka-Dil-First-2017/dp/B06WVD9MDB/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3U23JJHBRXHEC&keywords=darpan+ka+dil&qid=1678765997&sprefix=darpan+ka+dil%2Caps%2C153&sr=8-2    Abdul Raoof Siddiqui    email: raoof3@yahoo.com    Instagram ..read more