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faarsi-urdu
faarsi Ghazal and nazm translated re-composed into urdu and some into English Ghazal format

Ghalib naqsh-e qadam
Wide influence over a long time with Ghazal composed in his style. Khiraaj/Tribute composed by several poets over more than a hundred years.

Ghalib peshrau-ham-asr
Contemporaries of Ghalib and those who went before him – selections of Ghazal in the same style.

Ghalib-kashmiri panDit
A unique relationship between Ghalib & kashmiri panDits with Ghazal modeled after the master.

hindu-sikh-eesaaii
A collection of hindu, sikh and eesaaii devotional songs composed in urdu – a language of all religions.

inkaar
Anthems of Resistance to Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens in India.

jashn-e rivaaj
Celebration of Traditions. A collection of nazm of celebration of universalized ‘religious’ festivities.

juNg na hone paaye
nazm memorializing war dead and mourning death, destruction and meaninglessness of war

muntaKhab ash’aar
A collection celebrating the tradtion of urdu shaa’eri poking fun at orthodoxy, the powerful and even divinity.

nehru Khiraaj
Tribute paid to Nehru. Some of the poets writing in praise of him were arrested by his government.

ramayan urdu
A collection of segments of the ramayan of various poets strung together to make a somewhat coherent narrative.

taKhallus ka khel-Khwaah maKhwaah hyderabadi
Creative use of taKhallus-pen-name by Khwaah maKhwaah hyderabadi