âCorona Is Advancing, Humanity Is Dying, the Year Has Passed!â: Kishwar Naheed Sums up 2020
Kishwar Naheed s latest collection of Urdu poetry masterfully contrasts the ravages of COVID-19 around the world, and the eternal contest between hope and despair.
Kishwar Naheed.
Books01/Jan/2021
Kishwar Naheed, who turned 80 last June, is one of the greatest Urdu poets of the 20th century. She symbolises feminism itself for the valiant women of South Asia in general, and Pakistan in particular. Despite turning 80, and being diagnosed with COVID-19 soon after reaching the landmark, she continues to dazzle with one poetic collection after another. Therefore, it was a privilege to read her latest collection of poetry, titled