Afzal Ahmed Syed is a celebrated Urdu poet; he is considered one of the pioneers of free verse poetry in Urdu literature. NativeMedia questions him about the function of poetry and its rapport with politics and history. In this interview he explains in his point of view regrading Urdu-Colonization in Pakistan; why Pakistani state opt to promote the idea of one language and one nation by ignoring the importance of native languages, cultures and histories. He also expresses his take about Dr. Iqbal’s poetry in this conversation.