The Urdu Ghazal Podcast
Each episode will carry a ghazal written by a leading Urdu poet and read by the podcaster with additional commentary.
The Urdu Ghazal Podcast
The Urdu Ghazal Podcast, Season 4 Episode 7--Amjad Islam Amjad
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Surinder Deol
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Season 4
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Episode 7
Amjad Islam Amjad was a multi-talented poet, lyricist, and TV serial creator who significantly contributed to Urdu literature. He was born in Lahore in 1944. He held several high positions in institutions connected with arts, entertainment, and education and received several honors from the government and other national and international organizations. He thoroughly mastered the art of ghazal writing, highly appealing nazms in free verse, and plays for TV and the stage. He published nearly a dozen books of poetry and lyrics besides travelogues and translations. He passed away in 2023 due to cardiac arrest.