Murtaza Birlas
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Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
Ghazal
Ghazal
The ghazal is a poetic form consisting of rhyming couplets and a refrain, with each line sharing the same meter. A ghazal may be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss or separation and the beauty of love in spite of that pain. The form is ancient, originating in 6th century...
from Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. His work has been published in respected journals and magazines of Urdu literature since the early 60s. He has published four compilations of Ghazal poetry. His style comprises strong expressions, with a whole hearted commitment to the technical accuracy that has always been required of Ghazal writers. His unique style of poetry has earned recognition from respected literary critics of Pakistan and India. His brother Mustafa Rahi
Mustafa Rahi
Mustafa Rahi, was a poet of classical and neo classical Urdu Ghazal from Pakistan. He remained out of the lime light all his life. A selection of his works was published in 1993 by Murtaza Birlas...
was also a Ghazal
Ghazal
The ghazal is a poetic form consisting of rhyming couplets and a refrain, with each line sharing the same meter. A ghazal may be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss or separation and the beauty of love in spite of that pain. The form is ancient, originating in 6th century...
pPoet. Murtaza Birlas published his late brother's works in 1993.
Murtaza Birlas is a retired civil servant. He resides in Lahore
Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
and is an active patron of literary activities.
Works
His published works are:- Girah-e-Neem Baaz: Ghazal http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/murtazabirlas/index_gnb.html&date=2009-10-26+02:22:20
- Tesha-e-Kurb: Ghazal http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/murtazabirlas/index_tk.html&date=2009-10-26+02:22:29
- Irtaash: Ghazal and NazmNazmUrdu Nazm is a major part of the Urdu poetry, that is normally written in rhymed verse and also in modern prose style poems. Nazm has many different forms as,* Doha * Geet * Hamd * Hazal * Hijv...
http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/murtazabirlas/index_ir.html&date=2009-10-26+02:22:23 - Izteraar: Ghazal http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/murtazabirlas/index_iz.html&date=2009-10-26+02:22:26
- Chaudhveen Raat Mausam-e-Gul Kee: Ghazal and Nazm (romantic)