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The Story of Eve: Selected Poems
Paperback
ISBN13: 9789354477218
Publisher: Speaking Tiger Books
Published: Dec 5 2024
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.51 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
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.
Among the gems in this collection are poems like 'Bhejo Nabi ji Rehmatein',
'Mein Bach Gayi Ma', 'Qissa Gul Badshah' and 'Insaf ', which have as their themes
sexual war crimes against women, female infanticide, repressive Shariah
laws and child soldiers in a 'religious' war; tender, bitter-sweet poems about
love and family relationships, like 'Shaam ka Pehla Taara', 'Ek Sachchi Amma ki
Kahani' and 'Qurbaton se Kab Talak Apne ko Behlayenge Hum'; and wise and moving
reflections on the emotional and social life of a woman-'Samjhauta', 'Hawwa ki
Kahani' and 'Sylvia Plath'.
Translated with regard and respect for both the poet and the English-language
reader, this collection is a splendid introduction to the work of a legend of
Urdu poetry.
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