deccan's role in Urdu

Deccan is where Urdu came of age, the early years were important in making Urdu closer to Indian soil than it would have been possible. We can thank deccan for brining the local flavor to it.

An example is nazm "basant" by Quli Qutub Shah :



A program is organized in California called "tohfa-e-deccan", life and work of deccani poets will be presented there. please see the attached file.



Tohfai_e_Deccan.pdf