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Kurukshetra is a Hindi classic. It gives an extraordinary account of the Kurukshetra war mentioned in the Mahabharata. It describes in vivid details the armed confrontation that took place between the Pandavas and the Kauravas. This bloody war lasted eighteen days. The author's own views on war are showcased in this work. He criticizes war but also admits that it is a necessary evil. It describes the demerits of war and the damage it does to mankind, through the medium of poetry.

One of the most popular lyricists of our times; recites some of his famous nazms and ghazals at Jashn-e-Rekhta.

Mirza Ghalib with his unique style, took Urdu & Persian poetry to new heights and led an eventful life.

Ahmad Faraz emerged as a ghazal poet with an individual signature of his own.

This revised and expanded edition of The Essential Rumi includes a new introduction by Coleman Barks and more than 80 never-before-published poems. Through his lyrical translations, Coleman Barks has been instrumental in bringing this exquisite literature to a remarkably wide range of listeners, making the ecstatic, spiritual poetry of 13th-century Sufi mystic Rumi more popular than ever. 

His penetrating couplets, dramatic way of recital and satire on those in power without shilly-shallying makes him the poet of people.

Do Kadam Aur Sahi is an excellent compilation of selected poems by the renowned Urdu poet Rahat Indoori. The compiler, Sachin Chaudhary, has named the collection as ‘selected pearls of the ocean’. The magic that flows from the pen of Rahat Indauri gives a different feeling.

Jeevan mein hamaare saamane ka_ii aisee paristhitiyaan aatee hain jinhen ham badalanaa chaahate hain, unhen behatar banaanaa chaahate hain, fir chaahe vo cheezaen aapake ateet se judee huii hon yaa fir aapake vartamaan se. Amit guptaa kee raat ke us paar unake man ke bheetar chalane vaalee khoj kaa lekhaa-jokhaa hai, jisamen vo sapanon kee, jeevan roopee prashnon ke uttar kee aur ujaale kee khoj men juṭe hue hain. 

One of the most influential pre-modern poets who paved the way for modern Urdu ghazals, Firaq played an important role in nurturing new poetry.

This episode explores how Mir Taqi Mir, who is considered as KHuda-e-Sukhan(God of Urdu poetry), has unraveled the existential dilemmas, developed a form, evolved his diction, and brought it to perfection.

In this poem Iqbal lodges his complaint to the almighty, on behalf of the oppressed.

Akbar Allahabadi gave a humorous touch even to the serious themes of love and politics.

This episode features famous ghazals of Ghalib including ‘Dil hi toh hai na sang-o-khisht’, ‘Dil-e-naadaan tujhe hua kya hai’, Deewangi se dosh pe and other ghazals starting with 'D'.

This episode features famous ghazals of Ghalib including ‘Ghair len mehfil mein bose jaam ke’, ‘Ghar mein tha kyaa’, ‘Gar tujhko hai yaqeen’ and other ghazals starting with 'G'.

This episode features famous ghazals of Ghalib including ‘Ishrat-e-qatra hai dariya mein fanaa ho jaana’, ‘Lo ham mareez-e-ishq’, ‘Ishq ne tabiyat se’ and other ghazals starting with 'I' and 'L'.

In this audio-book famous critic and writer, Professor Gopi Chand Narang discusses three loves of renowned poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz.

Jigar Moradabadi was a poet of acute romantic leanings who evolved a poetics that suited his thematic preferences and gave a definite identity to his poetry.

The Prophet is a book of 26 poetic essays written in English in 1923 by the Lebanese American artist, philosopher and writer Khalil Gibran. In the book the prophet Almustafa, who has lived in the foreign city of Orphalese for 12 years, is about to board a ship which will carry him home. He is stopped by a group of people, with whom he discusses many issues of life and the human condition. The book is divided into chapters dealing with love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, houses, and more.

This episode features famous ghazals of Ghalib including ‘Mehrbaan ho ke bulaa lo’, ‘Mujhko dayaar-e-gham mein’, ‘Milti hai khoo-e-yaar se’ and other ghazals starting with 'M'.

Jawab-e-Shikwa is a poem which Allama Iqbal has registered as the response of God to his earlier poem 'Shikwa'.