Podcasts by Main Shayar Toh Nahin
A podcast celebrating Urdu, the language of love. An endeavor to preserve and promote Urdu Language and Literature. I am an urdu poetry enthusiast who grew up in Hyderabad, India. I was always attracted to poetry from a very young age, this love affair with poetry started with my admiration for good Hindi songs. I was always fascinated by songs that had meaningful lyrics, though tune and music are important but for me lyrics still remain the soul of the song. I slowly drifted towards ghazals and started reading the works of urdu poets. I started this podcast to create awareness about urdu literature and language. I cater to folks who cannot read the urdu script. I still consider myself a student of urdu. This endeavor has been extremely rewarding and fulfilling as I learn a lot about the works of great poets. I pursue this passion of mine in my spare time mostly on weekends. If you like this podcast. Please share it with your friends. Leave a review. Feedback is not only welcome but much appreciated. Abdul Raoof Siddiqui - email: raoof3@yahoo.com -Instagram @urdu.ghazal
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Iftikhar Arif from 2022-01-21T00:00
Iftikhar Arif is a living legend of Urdu Adab. He was born on 21st March 1940 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He migrated to Pakistan in 1965.
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Irfan Siddiqi from 2022-01-07T00:00
Irfan Ahmad Siddiqui was born on 11th March 1939 in Badayun, Uttar Pradesh. He completed his education from Bareily college, Agra. He worked for Indian government’s Central information se...
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Amjad Islam Amjad from 2021-12-24T00:00
Amjad Islam Amjad is a living legend of Urdu Adab. He is an excellent poet, lyricist and a screenplay writer. He has been honored with many awards & the most notable is Sitara-e-imtiaz (...
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Wali Deccani from 2021-12-10T00:00
Trend setter classical poet who helped establish Urdu ghazal in Delhi by inspiring poets to write in Urdu. He travelled to the far ends of the south and the north, including Delhi. Vali lived in...
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Abbas Tabish from 2021-11-26T00:00
Abbas Tabish is a contemporary Urdu Poet who is extremely popular and well respected around the world wherever Urdu speaking people live. He was born in 1961 in Lahore and is a professor ...
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Rahat Indori from 2021-11-12T00:00
Rahat Indori is a well-renowned Urdu shayar and lyricist. He was born in 1950 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh and passed away on 11th August 2020. When he was just 10 years old due to financial...
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Anwar Shuoor from 2021-10-29T00:00
Anwar Shuoor is a popular urdu poet from Pakistan. He was born in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh in 1943. His family migrated to Pakistan at the time of partition in 1947. He has been associated with Sab...
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Krishn Bihari Noor from 2021-10-15T17:00
Krishn Bihari Noor was an extraordinary Urdu Poet from India, he was born on 8th November 1926 at Lucknow. Noor sahab was a disciple of Fazal Naqvi and was extremely proficient in both, Urdu ...
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Sad Urdu Poetry from 2021-10-01T22:00
In this episode I have recited sad urdu poetry. If you like our podcast please share it with your friends. Leave a review. Feedback is always welcome.
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Husn Poetry from 2021-09-18T20:00
If you want to express your love or want to praise your beloved’s beauty, you won’t go wrong, if you select the most expressive medium that is poetry. Husn poetry describes the beauty of ...
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Ammar Iqbal from 2021-09-04T02:00
Ammar Iqbal is a young Urdu Poet form Pakistan. Ammar is a true seeker who writes ghazals and nazms and is very much appreciated for his work that brings his individuality.
Jaan Nisar Akhtar from 2021-08-21T16:00
Jaan Nisar Akhtar was born in 1914 in Gwalior and left for heavenly abode on August 18th, 1976 in Mumbai, India. He left an indelible mark on Urdu Adab as a romantic and revolutionary poet. Jaan...
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Pirzada Qasim from 2021-08-06T00:00
Pirzada Qasim is a well renowned Pakistani Scholar, Poet, Scientist and an educationist. He is also known for ghazals which were full of social and political satire.
Javed Akhtar from 2021-07-23T00:00
Javed Akhtar is an Urdu Poet, Lyricist, Screenwriter & a political activist. He is a recipient of prestigious awards like Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, Sahitya Akademi Award, National award and...
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Mansoor Usmani from 2021-07-09T00:00
Mansoor Usmani was born in 1954 in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh. His father Gauhar Usmani was also a very good Urdu Poet. Mansoor Usmani is a very good & popular Nazim-e-Mushaira as well.
Habib Jalib from 2021-06-25T00:00
Habib Jalib was one of the revolutionary poets from Pakistan. He was born on 24 March 1929 as Habib Ahmad in a village near Hoshiarpur British India. His family migrated to Pakistan after partit...
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Subhan Asad from 2021-05-28T00:00
Subhan Asad is a young Urdu Poet hailing from Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. I like his work and he is very popular with youngsters.
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Nida Fazli from 2021-05-14T23:00
Nida Fazli (12th October 1938 – 8th February 2016)
was a famous Indian Hindi and Urdu poet, lyricist and dialogue writer. He disagreed with the partition of India and was quite voc...
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Tariq Sabzwari from 2021-04-30T00:00
Tariq Sabzwari is a famous Urdu poet who is well known for his tarannum and is a fine exponent of “Jadid” ghazal. In his earlier days he was also known as Tariq Badayuni, he is from Badayun, Utt...
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Kaifi Azmi from 2021-04-18T00:00
Kaifi Azmi was a famous Urdu poet and a well renowned lyricist of Bollywood. He was born on 14th January 1919 in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. His actual name was Athar Hussain Rizvi. He has been cr...
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Zubair Ali Tabish from 2021-04-04T00:00
Zubair Ali Tabish is a poet of all moods and shades of life. His recent anthology '???????? ??? ?? ???? ' is a fine collection of romance, philosophy and emotion delicately woven i...
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Mirza Ghalib - Selected Couplets of Ghalib - Part2 from 2021-03-29T23:00
Mirza Ghalib’s original Takhallus (pen-name) was Asad, taken from his given name, Asadullah Khan. At some point early in his poetic career he decided to adopt the pen-name of Ghalib (meaning all...
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Mirza Ghalib - The Greatest Urdu Poet - Part1 from 2021-03-21T22:00
Mirza Ghalib is the greatest Urdu Poet. His poetry is still relevant 150 years after his death. He wrote in both Urdu and Persian and although his Persian Divan is many times longer than his Urd...
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Hakeem Nasir - Deewana Bana Rakha Hai from 2021-03-13T00:00
Poet and a Hakeem. Hakeem Nasir was born in Ajmer in 1947 but later migrated with his parents to Karachi Pakistan where he inherited the Nizami Dawakhana. His father Hakeem Naseer Uddin Nadwi an...
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Parveen Shakir - Urdu Adab Ki Khushbu from 2021-03-06T00:00
Parveen Shakir (24 November 1952 – 26 December 1994) was a Pakistani poet, teacher and a civil servant of the Listen
Jigar Moradabadi - Ghazal Ke Badshah from 2020-12-12T18:00
Ali Sikandar was popularly known as Jigar Moradabadi. He was one of the most admired Urdu poets of his time. He was from a family of poets, his father and paternal grand father were also poets. ...
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Shayar aur Naghma-Nigaar - Qateel Shifai from 2020-12-06T21:00
Qateel Shifai - Shayar aur Naghma-Nigaar
(24th Dec 1919 - 11th July 2001)
He born in British India (now Pakistan). He started working in the Bareilly,
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<p class="card-text"><p>Jaun Eliya - Shaairon Ke Shayar</p><p>Syed Hussain Jaun Asghar Naqvi, commonly known as Jaun Elia, was an Indo-Pak Urdu poet, philosopher, biographer, and scholar. He was the brother of Rais Amr...</p>
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<p class="card-text"><p>Khumar Barabankvi - Urdu Ghazal Ke Badshah, Urdu Ghazal Ki Abroo.<br/>(15 September 1919 – 19 February 1999)<br/><br/>Khumar Barabankvi was one of the greatest Urdu poets of of his time. <br/>Hi...</p>
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<h5 class="card-title"><a href="/podcast/main-shayar-toh-nahin/rajesh-reddy-ghazal-ke-pujari/">Rajesh Reddy - Ghazal Ke Pujari</a><small> from 2020-11-14T20:00</small></h5>
<p class="card-text"><p>Rajesh Reddy is a contemporary Urdu Poet. His ghazals have been sung by Jagjit Singh and Pankaj Udhaas. He uses a simple a language that connects very easily with his listeners. I am a great fan...</p>
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<p class="card-text"><p>Syed Ahmad Shah better known by his pen name Ahmed Faraz, (January 1931 – 25 August 2008) was a Pakistani Urdu poet, scriptwriter and chairman of Pakistan Academy of Letters. He wrote his poetry...</p>
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<h5 class="card-title"><a href="/podcast/main-shayar-toh-nahin/living-legend-of-urdu-adab-dr-bashir-badr/">Living Legend of Urdu Adab - Dr. Bashir Badr</a><small> from 2020-11-01T01:00</small></h5>
<p class="card-text"><p>Bashir Badr is an Urdu poet extraordinaire, who has been felicitated with the Sahitya Academy Award and Padamshree. He was born on February 15th, 1935 at Ayodhya, India. He completed his B.A., M...</p>
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<p class="card-text"><p>Zahid Hassan Waseem popularly known by his pen name Waseem Barelvi. He was born in <a href=){kind=link}