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Poetry of India 18/100: Dushyant Kumar’s Ghazals and the Language of Public Discontent

Part 18 of The Poetry Pulse’s 100-part journey through India’s poetic heritage.Dushyant Kumar helped bring the Hindi ghazal into a sharper conversation with public life. His poetry often gives voice to frustration with injustice, broken promises and the distance between official claims and ordinary experience. This article explores the form and themes of his socially engaged ghazals without repro…

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Poetry of India 6/100: Ghalib’s Urdu Poetry and the Paradox of the Human Heart

Part 6 of The Poetry Pulse’s 100-part journey through India’s poetic heritage.Mirza Ghalib, one of the most celebrated poets of Urdu and Persian, wrote with extraordinary sensitivity about love, loss, desire, doubt and the limits of human understanding. His ghazals rarely offer simple emotional answers. Instead, they place opposing feelings beside each other: hope and disappointment, pride and vu…

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