Urdunama Podcast | Every Step of Raqs Is a Verse Untold

Discover how Urdu poets turn raqs into a metaphor for joy, madness, and life in motion on this Urdunama episode.

In this episode of Urdunama, Fabeha Syed talks about the word 'Raqs'

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What does it mean to “dance” in Urdu poetry? Raqs is never just about movement, it is about surrender, rhythm, and the pulse of life itself.

In Urdu literature, raqs becomes a metaphor for joy, for frenzy, for the untamed energy that rises when emotions can no longer stay still.

In this episode of Urdunama, Fabeha Syed delves into the many shades of raqs as imagined by poets like Majrooh Sultanpuri, Saghar Khayyami, and Abbas Tabish.