Bashir Badr, a humiliation for Urdu fraternity

Bashir Badr, an all right poet, has lately turned out to be a shame for the entire Urdu society. His unnecessary arrogance and bragging statements suggest that he is contiguous megalomania.

In a fresh interview published in a well-known Hindi daily newspaper, Badr, said that if Mir and Ghalib were living even they would be envious of his recognition. Despite the fact that the interviewer didn’t ask him, he repeatedly said that he owns luxurious house that has over ten rooms on both the floors.

Ahmed Faraz - A Great Urdu Poet

Ahmed Faraz was a very famous Pakistani urdu poet. He was measured one of the utmost modern Urdu poets of the last century. Faraz is his nom de plume 'takhallus', whereas his real name is Syed Ahmad Shah. Ahmed Faraz passed away in Islamabad on August 25, 2008.

Urdu Language Penetration by Pakistani Drama Serials

The Urdu language is spoken by Pakistani and Indians all over the world. In the spread of a language, the media plays a great role.

The Pakistanis do not like the language which Indians speak known as Hindi. It is because it is a method to pollute Urdu language. The Indians add too many words of the Hindi or the Sanskrit to the Urdu language and claim it their own language.

Urdu Language Penetration by Movies

To make any language penetrate in to the masses, the linguists always suggest creating good movies in that language. The movies can be a great source of penetration of the Urdu language. However, Pakistan is very unfortunate in this regard.

Urdu poets that will be or have been discussed in my blog are as follows: part 3

Ali Sardar Zafri
Ali Sardar Zafri was born in Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh. He came to Mumbai in 1942 and made it his dwelling. detained for writing against British rule in India, Zafri was among the supporters of the progressive movement in Urdu literature. Zafri’s bookish career began at the young age of 17.

Urdu Literature in India

Urdu literature is a huge ground of enormous information and rich literary works by well-known poets and writers. Despite the fact that Hindi is somewhat life Urdu, they have developed and evolved on distinct lines. Urdu language prose has in essence drained much insight from Persian literature. Even in the present day, Urdu has a lot of words that belong to Persian, Arabic and Turkish languages. Hindi has drawn inspiration mainly from Sanskrit. A unique blend of all these languages can be found in the literature in Urdu language, which can be called a union of the richest languages.

Urdu poets that will be or have been discussed in my blog are as follows: part 2

Majaz
Majaz was born in Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh in 1909-10. After completing his initial education from Lucknow and Agra, Majaz moved to Aligarh for his higher studies. He completed his graduation from Aligarh Muslim University in 1936. This was the same era when Aligarh Muslim University was swept by the progressive writers movement.