Mushaira

kyaa rahaa hai MushaairoN meN ab
log kuch jam’aa aan hote haiN
What is there in poetry soirees now?
Some people gather, and that is it.
It is difficult to believe that the above couplet was written by Mir Taqi Mir during a time regarded as the golden age of classical Urdu poetry. While reading the couplet it is [...]