Zarb-e-Sukhan (Kulliyaat)

Zarb-e-Sukhan is a Kulliyat of Urdu poetry by Pakistani-Dutch poet, writer, journalist and scholar Ehsan Sehgal. It is consists of six Urdu poetry collections, including unpublished works that cover over forty years work of author. The English-language Pakistani newspaper, Daily Times, described it as a "splendid poetry collection." The book is acknowledged in Urdu circles in Pakistan, India and around the Urdu world and have received awards from literary organizations.
Summary of collection
Zarb-e-Sukhan includes Parwaz-e-Takhial, Andaz-e-Takhaial, Saaz-e-Takhaial, Naaz-e-Takhaial, Afkar Ki Khushboo, and Charagh-e-Dardwhich. Sehgal has knowledge of Urdu poetry metres accurately. Ehtesham Anwar expressed his view in the English-language Indian newspaper the Daily Rising Kashmir that such poetry authoritatively demonstrated poetic couplets that were compiled with rhythmic weighs and help others to learn the basics of the art of Urdu rhythmic poetry. Sehgal's ghazals and naats from the collection have been sung by several Pakistani singers.
Editor Nation Today Ahktar Hadi wrote:
"Ehsan Sehgal is pure soul and a poet of pathos always grappling to rationalise things without getting an answer".

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