Parveen Shakir is unconventional in many ways. She is the most heard voice of feminism in Urdu poetry. Parveen who had a failed marriage with a Doctor raises the taboo subjects like gender equality, discrimination and suppressed emotions. Her loneliness within reflects in her writings. She wrote
کوئی آہٹ نہ کوئی چاپ نہ کوئی آواز
دل کی گلیاں میری سنسان ہیں آ نے کوئی
It is not about a teenager’s wait for her prince charming. It is the cry of a middle aged woman of our society.
Here is her most popular couplet in my view.
جگنو کو دن کے وقت پرکھنے کی ضد کریں
بچے ہمارے عہد کے چالاک ہو گئے
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