Ibn e Insha, real name Sher Muhammad Khan, born June 15 1927, died on Jan 11 1978 was a Leftist Urdu poet, humorist, travelogue writeer and columnist. He is regarded as one of the best humorist in Urdu. His writing has a distinctive diction laced with language reminiscent of Amir Khusro in its use of words and construction. He was associated with several governmental services including Radio Pakistan, Ministry of Culture, and National Book Centre of Paksitan. He also served the UN for some time and this enabled him to visit a lot of places and was the reason for his subsequent travalogues. Some of the places he visited includes Japan, Phillippines, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Afghanistan, Iran, India, France, UK, Turkey and the US.This selection from Ibn Batuta kay Taaqub Mein is an entertaining account of his travels to Germany and England
