The first one, compiled by Ahmed Deen, a close friend of Iqbal, was in fact a critical appreciation of Iqbal but it included a copious selection from Iqbal’s Urdu poetry. Titled Iqbal and ...

He said, “Every time I come here, I feel like I’m speaking among old friends. The warmth of the Delhi audience reminds me why I began writing poetry in the first place, to express feelings we ...