Archive for January, 2008
Fikr Taunsvi: A great satirist
Until a few decades back, Fikr Taunsvi’s ‘Pyaaz ke Chhilke’ was one of the most popular columns and the readers would wait for the newspaper every day just to read his piece and later discuss it.
Ramlal Bhatia, who wrote under the pseudonym Fikr Taunswi, also wrote ‘Teer-o-Nashtar’ for Biswin Sadi. Unfortunately not enough [...]
Kaifi Azmi’s nazm on Hazrat Imam Husain
Hazrat Imam Husain
On the occasion of Yaum-e-Ashura, here is Kaifi Azmi’s Nazm
in the praise of Hazrat Imam Husain.
hurriyat ko aaj phir hai ibn-e-Haider kii talaash
vaqt ko phir hai karoRoN meN behtar kii talaash
zindagi ko phir ek jaaN-baaz rahbar kii talaash
phir javaanii khone ko hai voh nishaan-e-hurriyat
phir huii hai dosh-e-Abbas dilaavar kii talaash
phir hummiyat uThi [...]
Urdu Awards to Waris Alvi, Mansha Yad
Renowned Urdu critic from India Waris Alvi and litterateur Mansha Yad from Pakistan have been selected for the 12th Alami Urdu Adab Award given by Majlis-e-Farogh-e-Urdu Adab (Doha, Qatar).
Alvi is one of the most oustanding modernist critics in Urdu. He is known for his straightforward criticism. The jury comprising Prof Gopi Chand Narang, Mazhar Imam, [...]
