Archive for March, 2007
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 (or shall I write, Parkash) [...]
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 Radio [...]
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).
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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 [...]
