1 Urdu ash'ar / shayari (shers, couplets) by
Indira Varma
1940- N.A,
Peshawar (Pakistan)
Indira Varma Biography
Indira Varma was born in Peshawar in 1940 and later moved to Delhi. She has contributed significantly to Urdu poetry through ghazals, nazms and couplets. Her poetry is composed in multiple languages including Urdu, Hindi and English.
Her style is marked by emotional sensitivity, lyrical expression and clarity of feeling. Many of her poems reflect longing, separation and reflections on time and absence. She often captures moods of melancholy with a touch of softness in imagery.
Her work is known to be widely recited in poetry circles. She has composed numerous ghazals and two-line couplets which are shared in audio and video formats.
Indira Varma is respected as an established poetess in the Urdu tradition who has maintained her poetic voice over decades.
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shama ka jism pighalne
ke baad aayi
this light hasn’t come into
your room all by itself
it has come after burning
the body of a candle
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