A call for revolution, and romance: The poetry of Faiz | ummid.com
A Marxist but not a card-carrying communist, Faiz was involved with the Communist Party of Pakistan, and the 1951 Rawalpindi Conspiracy - an attempted coup by a curious combination of leftist politicians and a maverick general. While it was unsuccessful, further military coups would not be - bedevilling Pakistani polity for quite some time to come. It won him a stint in jail, during which he wrote some of his best poetry.
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