Renowned poet/shayari Dr. Bashir Badr passed away on Thursday, May 28. With his demise, Indian literature has lost the last towering figure of modern Urdu ghazal. Badr's creative words succeeded in transcending narrow literary boundaries and finding a permanent place in the emotional dictionary of common people.Dr. Badr was not just a renowned Urdu poet. Above and beyond that, he had become a kind of cultural phenomenon. Fragments of his creations had spread far and wide, crossing generations, classes, and linguistic boundaries. His creations were clearly visible everywhere, from mushairas to newspapers, from films to political speeches.From the era of...