Inkaar / انکار by Parveen Shakir

Inkaar / انکار Reviews

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  Kamran Khan

  Her Ghazals are a noteworthy contribution to Urdu literature in their own right, some of them carrying the vivid impress of a distinctively feminine voice. The latter is reflected not merely in the consistent use of a grammatical feminine gender or the references to feminine attire and social contexts, but in something much more.
  
  Shakir's first book, Khushbu (Fragrance), was published in 1976 and won Pakistan's Adamjee Award. She subsequently published Sad-barg (Marsh Marigold), Khud kalami (Conversing with the Self), Inkaar (Refusal), Maah-e-Tamam (Full Moon) and Kaf-e-Aa'ina (The Edge of the Mirror), all to great acclaim. After her death, a unified version of all these books were published by the name Mahe-Tamam.
  
  
  Profound,
  
  Kamran Khan
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  W

  It isn't consistently good,but has its share of beautiful verse. All of it isn't love poetry,and even includes a section of prose poems.
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  Tariq Sheikh

  First time I read Parveen Shakir, poetry with very powerful messages, really enjoyed reading it....
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  اُمامہ

  دہلیزِ سماعت پہ کسی وعدے کی آہٹ
  اُترے کہ نہ اُترے
  اے رنج بھری شام
  دُکھتے ہوئے دل پر
  کوئی آہستہ سے آکر
  اک حرفِ تسّلی تو رکھے پھول کی مانند