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Among the first women to gain recognition and fame in the almost entirely male-dominated field of Urdu poetry, Zehra Nigah (born in 1935) is today taller than any Urdu-language poet writing in South Asia or beyond. She is also an eagerly awaited figure on the mushaira circuit in India and Pakistan. A classicist in style, her themes are urgent and contemporary she has been hailed for ‘saying “big” things in a seemingly conversational manner’. This selection contains her best-known nazms and ghazals, which showcase her lyricism and also her deep insight into the human condition and the social and political realities of our age and our region.
Zehra Nigah was born in Hyderabad, India in 1936 and migrated to Pakistan with her family in 1947. She began to recite her poetry at mushairas at a fairly young age, which was considered unusual at the time. Treading the fine line between feminism and feminine poetry, she has acquired enormous respect and popularity in a career spanning six decades. She has also published four celebrated collections of poetry: Shaam ka Pehla Tara (?The First Star of the Evening?), Warq (?Page?), Firaq (?Separation?), and Gul Chandni (named after a flower that blossoms at night).
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