Intikhab-e-Kalam: Hali

Description

This book is a selection of poems by Altaf Husayn Hali who, under the aegis of the British Education Department, effected a transition of Urdu poetry from Persian-oriented to English-oriented norms. His poetical guide was Ghalib, later the subject of a critical biography by Hali. As a socio-political reformer, he influenced Iqbal, the first poet to have a philosophical system. Even the dialectic poems of Hali, for example the long Musadas-e-Hali proved to be very popular.

Author Biography

Dr. Rauf Parekh has an MA and PhD from the University of Karachi. He is a critic of Urdu Literature and regularly contributes to the daily Dawn, Karachi. He is a former Chief Editor of the Urdu Dictionary Board and is presently teaching at the Department of Urdu, University of Karachi. He is the compiler of the first slang Urdu dictionary and Chief Editor of the Oxford Urdu – English Dictionary.