Urdu language and literature have been incorporated into the works of non-Muslim intellectuals on all fronts, be it prose or poetry, research or critique, play or reporting. The development of the Urdu garden cost the intellectuals their lives and souls. Moreover, even after independence, the Urdu universe was illuminated by the innumerable names that shone on its horizon like the sun and moon. Some of these contemporary non-Muslim Urdu poets are introduced in this book.
