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Raoof Khalish is one of the most eminent poets of Hyderabad Deccan who went through a sea change during the decade of 1960s, generating a wave of modern thought and expression. An Architect by profession, he spent 15 years in Saudi Arabia (1981-1996) following the Petro Dollar boom.The stay abroad widened his horizon and added new images cropped up in his poetry. Limitless desert, scanty-leafed palm trees, hot and humid days, the distance of seven seas and smells of Middle East contributed a unique angle to his poems. In nearly 60 years of his literary life, four (4) books (collection of poems) have been published as follows: Nai Ruton ka Safar (Journey to new seasons) (1979) Sahra Sahra Ajnabi (Desert Desert Stranger) (1988) Shaakh-e-Zaitoon (Branch of Olive) (1998) Shaakhsana (Dilemma) (2007) Raoof Khalish's fifth book, Hikayet naqd-e-jaan ki, consists of his essays and reviews on the work of a few Urdu poets and writers.

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Prof. Mughni Tabassum: Raoof Khalish's poetic journey starts from modernism & now he's breathing in post-modernism. The discipline of creativeness has always with him and he hasn't been the target of extremism. Prof. Wasil Osmani: Raoof Khalish is having modern thoughts away from common style and thus makes trend-setting manner.

Prof. Mughni Tabassum: Raoof Khalish's poetic journey starts from modernism & now he's breathing in post-modernism. The discipline of creativeness has always with him and he hasn't been the target of extremism. Prof. Wasil Osmani: Raoof Khalish is having modern thoughts away from common style and thus makes trend-setting manner.

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