Syed Shakeel Desnavi

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Syed Shakeel Desnavi is a renowned poet of Urdu. He has been published by Ajkal, Shama, Bisween Sadi, Baharistan, Zaban- O- Adab ,Roobi, Shushma, Shayer, Naya Daur , Rooh e Adab, Farogh e Adab etc etc.

Rekhta.Com the best and the comprehensive Urdu Literature Website has documented six of his works in shape of books in different genres of Urdu Literature. Namely collection of Poems like "Zindagi Ae Zindagi", "Tanha Tanha " Collections of Dohe "Sanjhbhai Choudes", Collections of articles of criticism on Urdu poetry " Baazdeed". A collection of Urdu Rhymes (Tarane ) Nazm for children called" Tifli Tarane" .

There are many Urdu Poetry websites which has the collection of his Ghazals Nazams and Individual Ashaars published on their websites. To name a few UrduPoint, ShahiShaery, Darasal, Pagalshayeri, Bol News, Alifyaar etc etc. These are the testimonies of the popularity of Ghazals Nazams and Individual Ashaars.

Syed Shakeel Desnavi was born in Desna a small but famous village of Bihar now in District of Nalanda. It is famous for its number of scholars like Syed Sulaiman Nadvi Sabauddin Abdurrahman Abdul Qavi Desnavi Syed Manzar Hasan Desnavi and many more. He did come along with his father Syed Manzar Hasan Desnavi, a Professor who taught Urdu and Persian and was a good poet and short story writer of Urdu himself. He got shifted to Ravenshaw College Cuttack Odisha as a Professor, which has become an University today.

Shakeel did his Schooling and College Education from Ravenshaw College Cuttack. He did his B.E of Engineering from University College of Engineering Burla Odisha. He did ME from Kolkata.

He started writing Urdu poetry since his school days in a magazine called " Khilona" and others. He got the Awards from Odisha Urdu Academy, U.P Urdu Academy, Bihar Urdu Academy and Bengal Urdu Academy in different years.