HindiShayari in the Age of Social Media: Instagram Poets and Online Expression

  In this age of rapid digital change, the beauty of evocative poetry hasn't lost its magic it's just been reimagined. What was once residing in handwritten notebooks and mushairas now has a fresh new life on Instagram timelines and Twitter threads. This is a significant cultural shift where the ancient form of Shayari enters a fresh, dynamic, and pictorial era. And guiding this change is a new generation of Instagram poets and digital wordsmiths who are breathing new life into HindiShayari . The emergence of social media has enabled Hindi poetry and Shayari to transcend the conventional limitations. No longer limited to books, stage shows, or cassettes, Shayari is now accessible in an instant to millions worldwide. Instagram, especially, has become a canvas for poetry. Brief poems are presented as images, reels, or carousel posts that reach fans who devour poetry in a swipe. The visual beauty fonts, backgrounds, and images infuses the poem with additional levels of emotional p...