Best of Faraz (Record no. 49554)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9788170289043
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Universal Decimal Classification number 891.4391 FAR
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Personal name Faraz, Faraz Ahmed
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Title Best of Faraz
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc Rajpal And Sons,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2025.
Place of publication, distribution, etc New Delhi:
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 167p.
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Summary, etc Ahmed Faraz is considered one of the greatest modern Urdu poets of the last century. Essentially a romantic poet, steeped in classical Persian and Urdu traditions, he combined the sensitivity and lyricism of the great Urdu poet Meer Taqi Meer and the philosophical range and depth of Mirza Ghalib, his poetry also reflected a progressive outlook. He is often compared to Faiz Ahmed Faiz for his simple style of writing because of which he became popular among common readers and connoisseurs of urdu poetry. Born on January 14, 1931 in Kohat (Pakistan) in a Pushto-speaking family, Faraz, started his career as a script writer for Radio Pakistan. Later he went into academics and also served as the director-general of the Pakistan Academy of Letters. Because of the long spells of dictatorship in Pakistan, Faraz often resorted to symbolism in his poetry to deliberately create an ambiguity so that his lines could be interpreted differently by different people, and mirrored a new kind of "political sensibility." Though Faraz wrote in Urdu, he did not hesitate from using Hindi words if they served his poetic purpose for he believed, "Hindi is close to Urdu, besides it enriches the language." Despite being known as a progressive poet, Faraz's most famous ghazal is a romantic one, "Ranjish hi sahi dil hii dukhaane ke liye aa." He died from kidney failure in Islamabad on 25 August, 2008. This book offers a selection of the best ghazals of Ahmed Faraz, translated into English by Kuldeep Salil. And to help you enjoy the richness and flavor of Urdu language, the original Urdu ghazals are transliterated and presented both in Roman and Devnagri scripts.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Farāz, Aḥmad, 1931-2008--Translations into English; Urdu Poetry-Translations into English;
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Personal name Salil, Kuldip
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Main Library Main Library (First Floor, Rack No.39) 03/04/2026 48 243.00 1 2 891.4391 FAR 38501 18/11/2026 11/06/2026 11/06/2026 375.00 03/04/2026 Books Recommended by DARAKHSHAN TARIQ (PGP/29/329)