This collection of Urdu poetry translated into English by Rakhshanda Jalil brings out the Pakistani poet’s sustained examination of the world around her When poetry is translated, some ...
Coming from a lineage of writers, Javed Akhtar—son of renowned Urdu poet and lyricist Jan Nisar Akhtar—released his first poetry book, Tarkash (Quiver), a collection of 52 ghazals and nazms, in 1995.