Archive for September, 2007
Faruqi’s Urdu novel ‘Kai Chand the Sar-e-Aasman’
Hardly any novel in Urdu has generated so much heat in recent years as renowned litterateur Shamsur Rahman Faruqi’s ‘Kaii Chaand thay Sar-e-Aasmaan’, which is probably the first literary work in Urdu published by Penguin.
Faruqi’s literary standing is such that Urdu world naturally expected a magnum opus from him. The fact that he [...]
Another master poet bids adieu
The demise of Urdu poet Rashid Kausar Faruqi has been reported quite late. In fact, it went unnoticed. Faruqi was 74. He was essentially a poet of ghazal.
Rashid Kausar Faruqi was born in Biswan (Sitapur) on October 29, 1933. He spent long years of his life in various Cities outside his homestate. However, he passed [...]
A non-Muslim poet’s collection of Naat
The collection of ‘Naat’s by Urdu poet Shiv Bahadur Singh ‘Dilbar’ has received wide acclaim within months of the publication.
Though non-Muslim Urdu poets have written Naats (poetry in praise of Prophet Muhammad), such collections have become a rarity in recent times. However, the collection ‘Aqeedat ke Phool’ has drawn the attention of Urdu-lovers.
It is [...]
Gulzar Dehlvi turns 82
Renowned Urdu poet Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlvi has turned 82 and a function was organised to mark the event at Daryaganj in Delhi.
The veteran poet was felicitated for his services to the Urdu world. Former UP Minister Zafar Ali Naqvi, Syed Shahid Mehdi, Khwaja Ahmad Nizami, Matin Amrohvi and a host of Urdu writers [...]
