Archive for December, 2007
Ghaus Ansari’s autobiography in Urdu
No autobiography in Urdu in recent times has hooked readers to the extent as Professor Ghaus Ansari’s ‘Umr-e-Rafta’, which tells the fascinating journey of the writer, his early days in Lucknow, his struggle and subsequent migration to Europe.
Such is his eye for minute details and his memory that the reader becomes a fellow traveller with [...]
Waseem Barelvi’s Collections of Poetry
Two collections of ghazals and Nazms of Waseem Barelvi have been released recently.
‘Aankhon Aankhon mein rahe’ and ‘Meraa Kyaa’ has brought the best of Waseem Barelvi.
The articles of master poets of the past including Nushoor Wahidi, Shamim Kirhani and Firaq Gorakhpuri on Wasim’s poetry have been included.
Nushoor Vahidi has written that from Meer [...]
