Intikhab-e-Kalam: Sahir Ludhianvi

Description

This is a representative selection of the poems of Sahir Ludhianvi, the most popular Urdu poet of the Twentieth Century. Distrusted by many critics because of his popular appeal, Sahir Ludhianvi’s work nevertheless had genuine literary merit and he was in his poems, as well as in his film lyrics, a champion of Human especially Woman’s Rights. His poetry, although on every Urdu lover’s lips, did not have the typical ingredients of popular poetry. Sahir Ludhianvi could state the truth in a straightforward manner, which under his touch became poetic.

Author Biography

Dr Muhammad Reza Kazimi has an MA and PhD from the University of Karachi. He is a critic of Urdu literature and has taught for more than thirty years in different colleges, and at the University of Karachi, the Aga Khan University, and M.A. Jinnah University in Karachi. His latest Urdu book Tehzeeb-o-Takhleeq has been published by Karachi University. His latest English book is A Concise History of Pakistan (OUP 2009). His other publications are Mutale’a-e-Pakistan (OUP, 2006); Pakistan Studies (OUP, 2007); Liaquat Ali Khan: His Life and Work (OUP, 2015); Intikhab-e-Kalam: Ghalib (OUP, 2009); Intikhab-e-Kalam: Sahir Ludhianvi (OUP, 2013).