Archive for December, 2006
Shaukat Siddiqui’s death jolts Urdu world
One of the legends of Urdu fiction, Shaukat Siddiqui, died of cardiac arrest on December 18. He passed away in his home at Karachi.
Entire Urdu literary world and the writers’ community of the sub-continent was shaken by the news. Shaukat Siddiqui was suffering from heart ailment for several years. He was 83 at the [...]
Jashn-e-Ghalib: Urdu Mushaira at Aiwan-e-Ghalib (Delhi)
A GALAXY of eminent Urdu poets from across the world regaled the audience at the Aiwan-e-Ghalib in Delhi on Monday.
apnii manzil pe pohoNchnaa bhii khaRe rahnaa bhii
kitnaa mushkil hai baRe ho ke baRe rahnaa bhii
(Shakil Azmi)
tera chehra in aaNkhoN meN puraana ho gaya hai
kahiiN phir mil,tujhe dekhe zamaana ho gaya hai
(Wali Bijnori)
yeh shahar-e-la-had-osimt mera
globe [...]
Veteran poet Wajid Sehri dies
Veteran Urdu poet Wajid Sehri passed away. He was one of the most prominent poets of Rampur dabistaan (school) of Urdu poetry.
He was active in the poetic circle of Delhi. Several condolence meets were organised to pay tributes to him. At Delhi Urdu Academy Professor Qamar Raees paid glowing tributes to the departed poet.
Sehri’s [...]
Hasrat Mohani: Poetry, life and works
An article on the life and works of Poet and Freedom Figher Maulana Hasrat Mohani.
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