Uski gali ki khaak uRane ka jee kare

Prakash Fikri’s ghazal and especially the couplets: woh shaKhs jis-se ruuTh ke tanhaa boh’t hu’e uskii galii kii Khaak uRaane ko jii kare bujhne lagii hai shaam andheroN kii god meN har simt ek aag lagaane ko jii kare Fikri yeh iKhtesaar to be-lutf saa rahaa qissa ko’ii taviil sunaane ko jii kare Prakash Fikri [...]

Remembering Ibn-e-Safi ابن صفی

One of the greatest writers in history, Ibn-e-Safi, (ابن صفی) who took Urdu fiction and detective writings to dizzy heights in the decades of 50s, 60s and 70s, would be remembered at a function organised by India’s premier literary organisation, the Sahitya Akademi. Ibn-e-Safi, not only created great characters but took detective writing in Urdu [...]

Urdu writer Iqbal Majeed gets Bahadur Shah Zafar award

The Urdu Academy Delhi has given the Bahadur Shah Zafar award for overall contribution in Urdu literature to renowned litterateur and foremost fiction writer Iqbal Majeed. Born in Moradabad in 1931, Majeed spent most part of his youth in Lucknow and later in Sitapur. He taught for over a decade and then joined All India [...]

Remembering Mohsin Bhopali

munhasir ahl-e-sitam par hii nahiiN hai Mohsin log apnoN kii inaayat se bhii mar jaate haiN jurrat-e-fuGhaaN kaisii, aapse shikaayat kyaa saaNs le rahe haiN hum, aapkii navaazish hai unke vaa’de takallufan hii sahiiH phir bhii ham etbaar karte haiN (Mohsin Bhopali) (This is a tribute to the poet published in an Indian newspaper, Inquilab). [...]

Mubahasa: Urdu magazine from Patna

It was a pleasant surprise to see Mobahasa, an Urdu magazine from Patna that is now running into its fourth year. The 240 page magazine is truly a delight for any connoissuer of Urdu Adab. There are thought provoking articles like Shakilur Rahman’s ‘Ahmad Nadeen Qasmi aur Ghalib’ and Ambar Bahraichi’s ‘Kalidas ke ba’ad Sanskrit [...]