Mazhar Tirmazi

Mazhar Tirmazi (born September 26, 1950) is a London-based Punjabi poet and journalist. His poem, UmraN LangiaN PabaN Bhaar (A Lifetime on Tiptoes — Healing the Wounds of Partition), was adapted for a Ghazal rendition by Asad Amanat Ali Khan and is widely acclaimed.

Works

• Jãgda Sufna (Dream of Awakening; 1983)
• Thandi Bhubal (Cold Ashes; 1986)
• Kãya Kãgad (The Body is Paper; 1998)
• Dooja Hath Sawãli (My Other Pleading Hand; 2001)

• UmraN LangiaN PabaN Bhaar (A Lifetime on Tiptoes — Healing the Wounds of Partition), nominated for Amnesty International's Freedom of Expression Award at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival.

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