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Bashir Badr cause of death: Urdu poet dies at 91 - Throwback to when Indira Gandhi recited his poetry in Pakistan

India, May 28 -- The world of Urdu literature has fallen silent as legendary poet Bashir Badr lost his life at the age of 91.
The New York Times

Where Romantic Poetry in a Fading Language Draws Stadium Crowds

That 300,000 people celebrated Urdu verse during a three-day festival was testament to the peculiar reality of the language in India. The inaugural day of the Urdu poetry festival Jashn-e-Rekhta in ...
National Herald

Bashir Badr, the poet who humanised the Urdu ghazal

With the passing of Dr Bashir Badr at 91, Indian literature loses one of the last towering figures of the modern Urdu ghazal ...
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Bashir Badr death: Legendary Urdu poet passes away in Bhopal, leaves behind timeless legacy of shayari

Renowned Urdu poet and celebrated shayar Bashir Badr passed away in Bhopal after battling dementia for a long time. With his demise, the world of Urdu literature and poetry has lost one of its most ...