शायरी — My Love for Shayari

शायरी means poetry — specifically the Urdu/Hindi tradition of shers, ghazals, and couplets that say in two lines what most people take a page to say.

I first fell in love with Shayari through a book called दीवान-ए-शायरी, which I bought at a train station on my way to pick up my Buaji or Mausi — I don’t remember which. I read it on that journey and was hooked from the very first page. From there, I gradually discovered more poets, and it’s stayed with me ever since.

My Favourite Shers

A running list of the couplets and poets that mean the most to me — I’ll keep adding to this as more come back to me. (Adding the actual verses and my notes on each below — this list will keep growing.)

Dushyant Kumar — [Add sher and your note here]
Mirza Ghalib — [Add sher and your note here]
Mir Taqi Mir — [Add sher and your note here]
Allama Iqbal — [Add sher and your note here]
[More to come as I remember them]