About the Book: I Swallowed The Moon
Gulzar is arguably the most well-known contemporarypoet writing in Hindustani.
As a poet he occupies a unique place being a Progressive poet in a
popularculture. His poetry appeals to all strata of society, withoutcompromising
either on literary merit or on its ability to conveythe most exalted thought in
an accessible idiom. In HeSwallowed the Moon, Saba Bashir attempts to analyse
what makes Gulzar the poet he is. What is his signature style? What are the
issues that concern his poetry and what are the recurrent images in it? She also
draws a parallel between the poets film and non-film