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aurat
Collection of poems by many poets about the status of women giving different perspectives.
babari masjid
Expression of sorrow and protest at the demolition of babari masjid Dec 6, 1992.
Black History Month
nazm about slavery, African colonization and slave trave.
communal harmony
selected ash’aar, nazm and Ghazal about yakjahti – communal harmony
English-urdu recompositions
Recompositions of Romance Era and more recent English poems into urdu
faarsi-urdu
faarsi Ghazal and nazm translated re-composed into urdu and some into English Ghazal format
gandhi Khiraaj
Tribute to gandhi paid by several poets. Click to access.
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.
hyderabadi shu’ara
dakkhani/hyderabadi shu’ara from early urdu to the present
Independence-Partition
What many poets on both sides of the border had to say.
inkaar
Anthems of Resistance to Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens in India.
jalva-e sahr
The beauty dawn in exquisite composition and metaphors by several poets.
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
kaaba kaashi
Cross-religious compositions invoking universalism
Khwaah maKhwaah ka taKhallus
Creative use of taKhallus-pen-name by Khwaah maKhwaah hyderabadi
maKhdoom faiz parallels
Similar-parallel nazm/Ghazal between two great poets and good friends.
marsia
Collection of elegies highlighting themes of humanism and resitance
momin ka taKhallus
Creative use of taKhallus-pen-name by momin KhaaN momin
muntaKhab ash’aar
A collection celebrating the tradtion of urdu shaa’eri poking fun at orthodoxy, the powerful and even divinity.
naya saal
Celebrating the new year and protesting against the same old injustice.
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.
rood-e moosi tuGhyaani-1908
Collection of nazm on hyderabad flood of 1908
suKhavar o suKhanvari
How do shu’ara view themselves, their suKhan and legacy.
tahseen suKhanvaraaN
Collection of tributes paid to several poets over the years.
taj mahal
Celebrating the labour, craftsmen, beauty and symbolism of the taj mahal
taKhallus ka khel-qamar jalalavi
Creative use of taKhallus-pen-name by qamar jalalavi
uluuhiyyat-ehtejaaj
Poems of protest against orthodoxy and divinity.
urdu
A collection celebrating the beauty of urdu language and reflecting on its current position in India.
yaum-e mazdoor
Tribute paid to labour especially celebrating May Day.
zindagi kya hai
Ghazal/nazm about dynamism or fatalism of life. Many points of view.
