Shayari in the Social Media Era: Instagram Poets and Digital Shayari

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 09:29:50 +0000

In an era marked by hashtags, reels, and short-form captions, we seem to be entering a new space — the so-called 'second birth' of shayari. One of the most dramatic developments over the past few years is clearly the digital revival of shayari (for example, on social networks like Instagram). Shayari was previously limited to mushairas, handwritten diaries, and printed anthologies; however, a new brand of shayari has emerged in the form of Instagram poets — and HindiShayari is one of the methods to harness the beauty of poetic tradition and digital expression.