His literary output includes Maqamat, Jada-e-Nau, Nava-e-Kargar, Zakhm-o-Marham, Dastoor-e-Urdu, Aatish-e-Khamosh, Chiraaghaan etc. He set up his own publishing house called Maktaba-e-Danish. He holds the unique position as one of the best poets of all times, with fine, romantic and revolutionary, but simple style of poetry. His poetry inspired the common people's feelings and he has been compared with Josh Malihabadi. Danish has written more than 80 books and hundreds of articles about and including poetry, prose, linguistics, philology, autobiographies and a famous interpretation of ‘Diwan-e-Ghalib’.Īt the beginning of his career his poetry was very romantic but later he wrote his poems more for the labourers and came to be called ‘Shayar-e-Mazduur’ (Poet of the workmen) by his audience. His autobiography, Jahan-e-Danish, is a classic and has inspired many people. He worked as an ordinary labourer for years in odd jobs, finally becoming a poet of excellence. He struggled very hard to earn his living. Later he migrated to Lahore and settled there permanently. He belonged to a poor family and could not continue his study due to financial reasons but still learned the Arabic and Persian languages on his own. Ehsan Danish was born in Maulanan, Kandhla, a small town in the Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
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