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When you’re struck with a difficult emotion, like loneliness, anxiety, or heartbreak, sometimes the best remedy isn’t a pill or herbal potion, but poetry.

Do you struggle to Sleep Sound? Australian musician Natalie Imbruglia will lead you on a journey towards sleep. Featuring a selection of verse from celebrated poet Dorothea Mackellar, sink into rich and immersive soundscapes inspired by the rugged, Australian landscape. Settle into a comfortable position, let your body relax and join Natalie on an escape to sleep.

Iqbal’s poetry emerged as a remarkable site where message and art coalesced, as he re-configured major poetic devices like metaphor, myth, and symbol to re-visit history, philosophy and the Islamic faith to develop his individual vision.

Once asked, why do you write stories? Manto replied – ‘I do not write stories, stories write me.

Diwan-e-Ghalib is the famous collection of poetic works of legendary Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib.

Mir Amman added a novel jewel to our treasured Dastani literature by translating Khusrau’s work, originally written in Persian, into simple, everyday Urdu in his ‘Bagh-o-Bahaar’.

For Munshi Premchand, writing was a passion but not without cause.

A collection of beautiful Urdu Ghazals by leading contemporary poet Farhat Ehsas, in this collection, Farhat Ehsas staying true to his style, has drawn freely from the classical aesthetics of Urdu Shayari, distinctively expressing the pangs, sorrows, miseries and the blisses of modern world.

A unique collection of assorted themes, listeners can relish the best of Urdu Ghazals and Nazms on the subject of your choice.

A rare collection of choicest ghazals and nazms by Majaz Lakhnavi, one of the most prominent progressive poets known for his romantic and revolutionary poetry.

This show features life and works of Abul Hasan Yamin ud din Khusro, widely known as Amir Khusro.

A unique collection of assorted themes, listeners can relish the best of Urdu Ghazals and Nazms on the subject of your choice.

Doc Brown hosts a showcase of the best in spoken word, rap and slam featuring poets, musicians, comedians and performers such as Scroobius Pip, Kae Tempest and Murray Lachlan Young among many, many others.

Bang-e-Dara (The call of the marching Bell) is the first philosophical collection of poetry by Muhammad Iqbal, famously known as Allama Iqbal, the great poet and philosopher of Indian subcontinent.

Written by Allama Iqbal Shikwa(Complaint), was published published in 1909, and Jawab-e-Shikwa(Response to complaint) was published in 1913.

A unique collection of assorted themes, listeners can relish the best of Urdu Ghazals and Nazms on the subject of your choice.

Lifafe me Roshni is the choicest selection of noted modern poet Mohammad Alvi's shayari.

In this audio-book famous critic and writer, Professor Gopi Chand Narang discusses three loves of renowned poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz.

With over eight hundred years of rich history, Ghazal poetry has continues to capture minds of South Asian diaspora.

Prominent poet and lyricist Gulzar talks about love, life and poetry.