Archive for February, 2007
Annual Lal Quila Mushaira 2007
Gulzaar, abruu-e-zabaaN ab hamiiN se hai
dilli meN apne ba’ad yeh lutf-e-suKhan kahaaN
(Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlvi)
And a meaningful couplet:
yuuN hii sar chaRh ke har ek mauj-e-balaa bolegii
ham jo Khamosh rahenge to hawaa bolegii
(Mehtab Haidar Naqvi)
na Khauf-e-barq, na Khauf-e-sharar lage hai mujhe
Khud apne baaGh ke phuuloN se Dar lage hai mujhe
(Malikzada Manzoor Ahmad)
tum aasmaaN ki bulandi [...]
Sahitya Academy awards to Makhmoor Saeedi
The Sahitya Academy president Dr Gopi Chand Narang presented awards to writers of 22 Indian languages at a function in New Delhi.
Urdu poet Makhmoor Saeedi was amongst the recepient of the award for Urdu. He is a veteran poet. Personally I am no great fan of Makhmoor but he does represent a tradition as [...]
Fiftieth death anniversary of Majaz
The 50th death anniversary of Majaz Lakhnavi was recently observed. A programme was held in Aligarh where a mushaira was also organised. Here is the report:
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Aaina: An Urdu web magazine
Aaina, an Urdu web magazine, which I recently discovered on the net, adds to the growing presence of Urdu media, especially from India, on the world wide web.
Yaadash bakhair! Oldies would remember that nearly five decades back, the Shama group had come up with a lifestyle magazine Aaina that was much ahead of its times. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Sa’adi awards: Wali-ul-Haq Ansari, Waris Kirmani honoured
Eminent Persian scholars of India Wali-ul-Haq Ansari and Waris Kirmani are amongst the Indian writers who have been honoured by the government of Iran for their services to Persian language and literature.
Also, Kashi Nath Pandita, Syed Yunus Jaffery and Shoaib Aazmi were felicitated. The five authors were honoured on the 28th anniversary of the Islamic [...]
Hindustan Express (Urdu): A quality e-paper
At last, Urdu newspapers in India, have paid attention to the global audience and web editions are now being launched. The latest in the series is Delhi-based Hindustan Express.
The paper was launched in 2006 and has achieved success in little duration. But now the internet edition has also been launched. The website is www.dailyhindustanexpress.com
The site [...]
Sahara Urdu goes global
The Urdu daily Roznama Rashtriya Sahara, that is published from Delhi, Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Patna, Kolkata, Mumbai and Hyderabad with soon-to-be-launched editions from Sri Nagar, Punjab and Bangalore, is now available on the internet.
The function was held in New Delhi to launch the web edition of the newspaper. K Rahman Khan, the Deputy Speaker of [...]
