INTIKHAB-E-KALAM, May 24 -- NAZIR AKBARABADI BY MUHAMMAD REZA KAZIMI - this selection contains the best poems by Nazir Akbarabadi, a poet unique in the tradition of Urdu poetry. While mainstream Urdu poets favoured the ghazal or masnavi, poetic forms having their origin in the Middle East, Nazir Akbarabadi wrote continuous and coherent poems, drawing upon the Indian locale for his themes. Being an exponent of nature, festivals and the common folk, Akbarabadi was hailed in the late 19th and early 20th Century as one of the foremost poets of Urdu.

DAGH BY MOINUDDIN AQEEL - this book contains selected ghazals by Dagh, who was the most representative poet of his age. He was a lyrical poet, writing mostly about love themes in pure Urdu idiom....