With the passing of Dr Bashir Badr at 91, Indian literature loses one of the last towering figures of the modern Urdu ghazal ...
On May 28, 2026, the last of the progenitors of modern Urdu poetry, Bashir Badr, left the grand mushaira of the living and ...
Urdu poetry legend Bashir Badr has passed away at 91 in Bhopal. From “Kuch to majbooriyan rahi hongi” to “Ujale apni yaadon ...
As much as an expression of emotions and ideas, poetry is also a manifestation of the culture, tradition and socio-political conditions of a society. Language, the cloak of poetry, is itself deeply ...
There have been more modern interpretations and studies of Mirza Ghalib than any other poet in Urdu. I learnt a few months ago that a bibliography of articles and books related to Ghalib ran to over ...
Renowned Urdu poet and ghazal writer Bashir Badr passed away at 91 in Bhopal after battling dementia and age-related ...
After spending over a decade behind the scenes as a music producer and founder of ENZY Studios, Nisschal Zaveri has returned ...
Legendary Urdu poet Bashir Badr passed away at the age of 91, leaving behind a timeless legacy of simple yet deeply emotional ...
Frances W. Pritchett, a well-known critic of Urdu and professor at Columbia University, writes: “To me ghazal’s reliance on its wonderful networks of images and conventions makes it very clear that ...