Payam-e-akbar Yaa'ni Hazrat Akbar Allahabadi Ki Kulliyaat-e-sewwum Par Eik Nazar

Urdu Ka Waaez Shaair

By Abdul Majid Daryabadi It was some twenty-five years ago. The newspaper *Al-Hilal* had just dawned upon the horizon of Calcutta, and the entire country was echoing with the resonance of Abul Kalam Azad’s literary prose. One day, while reading one

Ghalib Ka Falsafa

(Broadcast from Lucknow Radio Station, on the occasion of Ghalib's death anniversary on February 16, 1942)   Do not be intimidated by the word "philosophy." Philosophy is not a collection of heavy, unfamiliar vocabulary or obscure terminology.

Mirza Ruswa Ke Qisse Kuch Idhar Se Kuch Udhar Se

Urdu Ka Eik Badnaam Shaayar Ya Gunahgaar Shareef-zaadi

Alfaaz Ka Jaadoo

Ghalib Ka Eik Farangi Shaagird Aazad Francisy

In the editorial notes of the previous issue of *Ma'arif*, a brief mention was made of a few European Urdu poets. Readers expressed great interest in this, and friends found the account both pleasant and highly enjoyable. To further satisfy their literary

Meri Mohsin Kitaabein

Premchand

Jhoot Mein Sach

Ek Maghrebi Ki Mashraqiyat