ALLAMA Iqbal’s first poetic collection in Urdu, Baang-i-Dara, was first published in 1924. But before Iqbal could bring out ...

“Urdu poetry has always been a voice for resistance ... her verses at the mushairas and baithaks, she says, “Each poem has different emotions and nuances and therefore means different things ...

“Very few people are familiar with Urdu literature, even through poetry. There were forms such ... Sauda once wrote a poem on a British official, who was so enraged that he wanted the poet ...