Urdu poetry

Although its tarannum saaz (singing aspect) has undergone major changes in recent decades, its popularity among the masses remains unaltered.

Mushairas are today held in metropolitan areas worldwide because of the cultural influence of the South Asian diaspora.

This is because in the Ghazal form, the poet would usually incorporate his or her pen name into the final couplet (Arabic: مقطع, romanized: maqta') of each poem.

In Pakistan and Deccan region of India, Urdu poetry is written in the standard Nasta'liq calligraphy style of the Perso-Arabic script.

With the dawn of the internet and globalization, this poetry is often found written in Roman Urdu as well as in Hindi script.