Faiz

Mujhse pehli si mohabbat meri mahbuub n maang (‘My dearest don’t ask for the love we once had) This line from Faiz’s first poetry collection deeply touched the public consciousness and it signalled the arrival of a new kind of poet who not only wrote about agonies of love but at the same time confronted the issues of daily struggles including poverty hunger injustice and the oppressive colonial regime. He fused his lyrical compositions with the grammar of revolution and resistance that was neede...See More