Wearing Your Art & Culture

Allama Iqbal — The Poet Who Awoke a Nation

Allama Iqbal (1877–1938), known as The Poet of the East, was a philosopher and visionary who inspired millions through his poetry and philosophy of Khudi (selfhood). His works, like Bang-e-Dra... Read more...

Akbar Allahabadi: The Poet Who Laughed at Modernity

Akbar Allahabadi (1846–1921) was the Urdu poet who turned satire into art. Known for his witty, insightful poetry, he critiqued blind Westernization and social hypocrisy during British India with humor... Read more...

Mirza Ghalib: The Eternal Voice of Love, Loss, and Language

Mirza Ghalib (1797–1869), born Mirza Asadullah Khan in Agra, is the towering voice of the Urdu ghazal. Trained in Persian and steeped in classical forms, he transformed tradition with a... Read more...

Amrita Sher-Gil: The Girl Who Painted Time

Amrita Sher-Gil (1913–1941) was a painter who bridged worlds—born in Budapest to a Sikh father and a Hungarian mother, she embodied both East and West. Trained in Paris at the... Read more...