{"count":17752,"next":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=613","previous":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=611","results":[{"id":300,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/mir_taqi.jpg","name":"Mir Taqi Mir","bio":"Mir Muhammad Taqi Mir (February 1723 - 21 September 1810), also known as Mir Taqi Mir or Meer Taqi Meer, was an Urdu poet of the 18th century Mughal India, and one of the pioneers who gave shape to the Urdu language itself. He was one of the principal poets of the Delhi School of the Urdu ghazal and is often remembered as one of the best poets of the Urdu language. His takhallus (pen name) was Mir. He spent the latter part of his life in the court of Asaf-ud-Daulah in Lucknow.\r\n\r\nHis complete works, Kulliaat, consist of six Diwans containing 13,585 couplets, comprising all kinds of poetic forms: ghazal, masnavi, qasida, rubai, mustezaad, satire, etc. Mir's literary reputation is anchored on the ghazals in his Kulliyat-e-Mir, much of them on themes of love. His masnavi Mu'amlat-e-Ishq (The Stages of Love) is one of the greatest known love poems in Urdu literature.\r\n\r\nMir lived at a time when Urdu language and poetry was at a formative stage – and Mir's instinctive aesthetic sense helped him strike a balance between the indigenous expression and new enrichment coming in from Persian imagery and idiom, to constitute the new elite language known as Rekhta or Hindui. Basing his language on his native Hindustani, he leavened it with a sprinkling of Persian diction and phraseology, and created a poetic language at once simple, natural and elegant, which was to guide generations of future poets.\r\n\r\nThe death of his family members,together with earlier setbacks (including the traumatic stages in Delhi), lend a strong pathos to much of Mir's writing – and indeed Mir is noted for his poetry of pathos and melancholy.","raw_bio":"Mir Muhammad Taqi Mir (February 1723 - 21 September 1810), also known as Mir Taqi Mir or Meer Taqi Meer, was an Urdu poet of the 18th century Mughal India, and one of the pioneers who gave shape to the Urdu language itself. He was one of the principal poets of the Delhi School of the Urdu ghazal and is often remembered as one of the best poets of the Urdu language. His takhallus (pen name) was Mir. He spent the latter part of his life in the court of Asaf-ud-Daulah in Lucknow.\r \r His complete works, Kulliaat, consist of six Diwans containing 13,585 couplets, comprising all kinds of poetic forms: ghazal, masnavi, qasida, rubai, mustezaad, satire, etc. Mir's literary reputation is anchored on the ghazals in his Kulliyat-e-Mir, much of them on themes of love. His masnavi Mu'amlat-e-Ishq (The Stages of Love) is one of the greatest known love poems in Urdu literature.\r \r Mir lived at a time when Urdu language and poetry was at a formative stage – and Mir's instinctive aesthetic sense helped him strike a balance between the indigenous expression and new enrichment coming in from Persian imagery and idiom, to constitute the new elite language known as Rekhta or Hindui. Basing his language on his native Hindustani, he leavened it with a sprinkling of Persian diction and phraseology, and created a poetic language at once simple, natural and elegant, which was to guide generations of future poets.\r \r The death of his family members,together with earlier setbacks (including the traumatic stages in Delhi), lend a strong pathos to much of Mir's writing – and indeed Mir is noted for his poetry of pathos and melancholy.","slug":"mir-taqi-mir","DOB":"1723-02-01","DateOfDemise":"1810-09-21","location":null,"url":"/sootradhar/mir-taqi-mir","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:40:35.020471","is_has_special_post":true,"is_special_author":false,"language":4},{"id":301,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/ada_zafari.jpg","name":"Ada Jafri","bio":"Ada Jafarey [often spelt Ada Jafri (22 August 1924 – 12 March 2015),was born in Badayun, U.P. Her birth name was Aziz Jahan. She was a Pakistani poet who is regarded as the first major Urdu poet who published as a woman and had been called \"The First Lady of Urdu Poetry\". She was also an author and was considered a prominent figure in contemporary Urdu literature. She had received awards from Pakistan Writers' Guild, the Government of Pakistan and literary societies of North America and Europe in recognition of her efforts.\r\n\r\nAda Jafarey was part of a traditionally conservative society where women were not allowed to think and express independently. But she was bold enough to express herself. Despite having traditionality ingrained in her personality, she took part in modern art. As early as 1950, she was recognized as the First Lady of Urdu Poetry. Her mother, and her husband Nurul Hasan Jafarey, encouraged her to keep on her literary activities in spite of social difficulties. She was the student of great poets like Akhtar Sheerani and Jafar Ali Khan Asar Lakhnavi and used to get her poetry checked and corrected by them.[\r\n\r\nStyle\r\nAda Jafarey writes in a gender-neutral mode, though her works include feminist themes like discrimination and dehumanisation of women and of them being viewed as sexual objects. Her personality seems absent from her poetry.\r\n\r\nAda Jafarey wrote of her experiences as a wife and mother in a modified traditional idiom, but also noticed the lack of fulfillment that accompanied these relationships.\r\n\r\nGenre\r\nAda Jafarey's works are mostly Ghazals, but she also experimented with āzād naz̤m, as well as Urdu Haiku. She had mastered both genres of Urdu poetry, naz̤m and ghazal. In her ghazals, she took the pen name, ‘Adā’. She has also written a few maẓāmīn.[\r\n\r\nWorks\r\nAda Jafarey's first ghazal was published in Akhtar She erani's magazine, Romān, in 1945. Ada Jafarey published her first collection of poems, “Maiṉ Sāz Ḍhūṉḍtī Rahī” in 1950. Her book, ‘G̲h̲azal Numā’, containing short essays with short biographies and brief commentaries on the work previous Urdu poets was published in 1987. Besides, she published five collections of Urdu poetry (‘S̲h̲ahr-i Dard’, ‘G̲h̲azālāṉ, Tum to Wāqif Ho!’, ‘Ḥarf-i S̲h̲anāsāʾī’, ‘Safar Bāqī’, and ‘Mausam, Mausam’), in addition to her autobiography (“Jo Rahī so BeK̲h̲abrī Rahī”), and forty research papers.She also published her collection of Urdu Haiku, Sāz-i Suk̲h̲n Bahānā hai. Her ghazal, Hoṉṭoṉ pih kabhī un ke merā nām hī was sung and popularised by Ustad Amanat Ali Khan.The first couplet of that ghazal is:\r\n \r\nAwards\r\nIn 1955, Hamdard Foundation, New Delhi recognized her as the \"Outstanding Female Poet of the Century\". Later, she was awarded the Adamjee Literary Award by the Pakistan Writers' Guild in 1967 for her second poetic collection, S̲h̲ahr-i Dard. In recognition of her work, the Government of Pakistan awarded her the Medal of Excellence in 1981. She received the Baba-e Urdu, Dr. Maulvi Abdul Haq Award from the Pakistan Academy of Letters in 1994, and the Quaid-e Azam Literary Award in 1997. She was also the recipient of the Hamdard Foundation of Pakistan's Certificate of Merit. She was the recipient of various international awards from literary societies in North America and Europe.\r\n\r\nThe Government of Pakistan conferred upon her the Pride of Performance Award for Literature in 2003 (awards were announced on 14 August 2002). She was the recipient of the Kamal-e Fan Award for lifetime achievement in literature by the Pakistan Academy of Letters in 2003. She was the first woman recipient of the award since the literary prize was established by the Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) in 1997.","raw_bio":"Ada Jafarey [often spelt Ada Jafri (22 August 1924 – 12 March 2015),was born in Badayun, U.P. Her birth name was Aziz Jahan. She was a Pakistani poet who is regarded as the first major Urdu poet who published as a woman and had been called \"The First Lady of Urdu Poetry\". She was also an author and was considered a prominent figure in contemporary Urdu literature. She had received awards from Pakistan Writers' Guild, the Government of Pakistan and literary societies of North America and Europe in recognition of her efforts.\r \r Ada Jafarey was part of a traditionally conservative society where women were not allowed to think and express independently. But she was bold enough to express herself. Despite having traditionality ingrained in her personality, she took part in modern art. As early as 1950, she was recognized as the First Lady of Urdu Poetry. Her mother, and her husband Nurul Hasan Jafarey, encouraged her to keep on her literary activities in spite of social difficulties. She was the student of great poets like Akhtar Sheerani and Jafar Ali Khan Asar Lakhnavi and used to get her poetry checked and corrected by them.[\r \r Style\r Ada Jafarey writes in a gender-neutral mode, though her works include feminist themes like discrimination and dehumanisation of women and of them being viewed as sexual objects. Her personality seems absent from her poetry.\r \r Ada Jafarey wrote of her experiences as a wife and mother in a modified traditional idiom, but also noticed the lack of fulfillment that accompanied these relationships.\r \r Genre\r Ada Jafarey's works are mostly Ghazals, but she also experimented with āzād naz̤m, as well as Urdu Haiku. She had mastered both genres of Urdu poetry, naz̤m and ghazal. In her ghazals, she took the pen name, ‘Adā’. She has also written a few maẓāmīn.[\r \r Works\r Ada Jafarey's first ghazal was published in Akhtar She erani's magazine, Romān, in 1945. Ada Jafarey published her first collection of poems, “Maiṉ Sāz Ḍhūṉḍtī Rahī” in 1950. Her book, ‘G̲h̲azal Numā’, containing short essays with short biographies and brief commentaries on the work previous Urdu poets was published in 1987. Besides, she published five collections of Urdu poetry (‘S̲h̲ahr-i Dard’, ‘G̲h̲azālāṉ, Tum to Wāqif Ho!’, ‘Ḥarf-i S̲h̲anāsāʾī’, ‘Safar Bāqī’, and ‘Mausam, Mausam’), in addition to her autobiography (“Jo Rahī so BeK̲h̲abrī Rahī”), and forty research papers.She also published her collection of Urdu Haiku, Sāz-i Suk̲h̲n Bahānā hai. Her ghazal, Hoṉṭoṉ pih kabhī un ke merā nām hī was sung and popularised by Ustad Amanat Ali Khan.The first couplet of that ghazal is:\r \r Awards\r In 1955, Hamdard Foundation, New Delhi recognized her as the \"Outstanding Female Poet of the Century\". Later, she was awarded the Adamjee Literary Award by the Pakistan Writers' Guild in 1967 for her second poetic collection, S̲h̲ahr-i Dard. In recognition of her work, the Government of Pakistan awarded her the Medal of Excellence in 1981. She received the Baba-e Urdu, Dr. Maulvi Abdul Haq Award from the Pakistan Academy of Letters in 1994, and the Quaid-e Azam Literary Award in 1997. She was also the recipient of the Hamdard Foundation of Pakistan's Certificate of Merit. She was the recipient of various international awards from literary societies in North America and Europe.\r \r The Government of Pakistan conferred upon her the Pride of Performance Award for Literature in 2003 (awards were announced on 14 August 2002). She was the recipient of the Kamal-e Fan Award for lifetime achievement in literature by the Pakistan Academy of Letters in 2003. She was the first woman recipient of the award since the literary prize was established by the Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) in 1997.","slug":"ada-jafri","DOB":"1924-08-22","DateOfDemise":"2015-03-12","location":null,"url":"/sootradhar/ada-jafri","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:40:36.857085","is_has_special_post":true,"is_special_author":false,"language":4},{"id":302,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/waseem_barelvi.jpeg","name":"Wasim Barelvi","bio":"Zahid Hussain (born 8 February 1940), better known by the pen name Wasim Barelvi, is an eminent Indian Urdu language poet. He was born in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. His ghazals, many sung by Jagjit Singh, are very popular. He has been awarded with the \"Firaq Gorakhpuri International Award\", the Kalidas gold medal (by the Haryana government, in recognition for his services in the field of Urdu poetry); the Begum Akhtar Kala Dharmi award; and the Naseem-e-Urdu award. Barelvi is Vice Chairman of the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL). He has also performed at Culrav 2012 (the cultural event of NIT Allahabad).\r\n\r\nSelected works\r\nTabassum-e-Gham (Urdu) (1966)\r\nAansu Mere Daman Tera (Hindi) (1990)\r\nMizaj (Urdu) (1990)\r\nAankh Aansu Hui (Urdu) (2000)\r\nMera kya (Hindi) (2000)\r\nAankhon Aankhon Rahe (Urdu) (2007)\r\nMera kya (Urdu) (2007)\r\nMausam Andar Bahar Ke (Urdu) (2007)\r\nCharagh (Devnagri) (2016)","raw_bio":"Zahid Hussain (born 8 February 1940), better known by the pen name Wasim Barelvi, is an eminent Indian Urdu language poet. He was born in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. His ghazals, many sung by Jagjit Singh, are very popular. He has been awarded with the \"Firaq Gorakhpuri International Award\", the Kalidas gold medal (by the Haryana government, in recognition for his services in the field of Urdu poetry); the Begum Akhtar Kala Dharmi award; and the Naseem-e-Urdu award. Barelvi is Vice Chairman of the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL). He has also performed at Culrav 2012 (the cultural event of NIT Allahabad).\r \r Selected works\r Tabassum-e-Gham (Urdu) (1966)\r Aansu Mere Daman Tera (Hindi) (1990)\r Mizaj (Urdu) (1990)\r Aankh Aansu Hui (Urdu) (2000)\r Mera kya (Hindi) (2000)\r Aankhon Aankhon Rahe (Urdu) (2007)\r Mera kya (Urdu) (2007)\r Mausam Andar Bahar Ke (Urdu) (2007)\r Charagh (Devnagri) (2016)","slug":"wasim-barelvi","DOB":"1940-02-08","DateOfDemise":null,"location":null,"url":"/sootradhar/wasim-barelvi","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:40:38.798575","is_has_special_post":true,"is_special_author":false,"language":4},{"id":303,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Screenshot_2020-06-05_at_11.43.00_PM.png","name":"Kuber Nath Rai","bio":"
\r\nKuber Nath Ray (26 March 1933 – 5 June 1996) was a writer and scholar of Hindi literature and Sanskrit.\r\n\r\n
\r\nKuber Nath Ray was born in Bhumihar Brahmin family in Matsa village of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh, India. His father's name was Vakunth Narayan Rai. He got his early education at village Matsa. However he did his matriculation from Queen's College, Varanasi. For higher studies he got enrolled in Banaras Hindu University (BHU). He did his master's in English Literature from Calcutta University. As an academician he started his career with Vikram Vishvavidyalaya but after a short period he moved to Nalbari, Assam as a lecturer of English literature. He got retired from Swami Sahajanand Mahavidyalaya as its principal.\r\n
\r\n","raw_bio":"\r Kuber Nath Ray (26 March 1933 – 5 June 1996) was a writer and scholar of Hindi literature and Sanskrit.\r \r \r Kuber Nath Ray was born in Bhumihar Brahmin family in Matsa village of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh, India. His father's name was Vakunth Narayan Rai. He got his early education at village Matsa. However he did his matriculation from Queen's College, Varanasi. For higher studies he got enrolled in Banaras Hindu University (BHU). He did his master's in English Literature from Calcutta University. As an academician he started his career with Vikram Vishvavidyalaya but after a short period he moved to Nalbari, Assam as a lecturer of English literature. He got retired from Swami Sahajanand Mahavidyalaya as its principal.\r Andhkaar Mein Agnishikha, Prabhat Prakashan, ISBN 81-85826-61-7. Priya Neelkanthi, Bharatiya Jnanpith, 1969. Ras Aakhetak, Bharatiya Jnanpith, 1971. Gandhmaadan, Bharatiya Jnanpith, 1972. Nishad Bansuri, 1973. Vishad Yoga, National Publishing Hause (Delhi), 1974. Parn mukut, Lok Bhāratī Prakāśana (Allāhābād), 1978. Mahakavi ki Tarjani, National Publiśiṅg Hāuse (Delhi), 1979 Patr:Maniputul ke naam, Viśvavidyālaya Prakāśana (Vārāṇasī), (1980) reprint 2004. Manpawan ki Nauka, Prabhāt Prakāśana (Delhi), 1983. Kirat nadi mein Chandramadhu, Viśvavidyālaya Prakāśana (Vārāṇasi), 1983. Dristi Abhisaar, National Publiśhiṅg Hāuse (New Delhi), 1984 Treta ka vrihatsaam, National Publiśhiṅg Hāuse (New Delhi), 1986. Kaamdhenu, Rājapal& Sons (Delhi), 1990. Maraal, Bharatiya Jnanpith, 1993. Agam ki Nav Vani ka kshirsagar Ramayana Mahateertham, Bharatiya Jnanpith (New Delhi), 2002 Kanthamani (Kavya Sangrah), Viśvavidyālaya Prakāśana, (Vārāṇasī), 1998 Uttarkuru, 1993. Cinmaya Bhārata: ārsha-cintana ke buniyādī sūtra, Hindustānī Academy, (Allahabad), 1996 ","slug":"kuber-nath-rai","DOB":"1933-04-25","DateOfDemise":"1996-06-05","location":"Ghazipur, Uttar","url":"/sootradhar/kuber-nath-rai","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:40:41.643720","is_has_special_post":true,"is_special_author":false,"language":4},{"id":305,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/spp301361_265233153510635_1284954051_n.jpg","name":"Parveen Shakir","bio":"Parveen Shakir or Parvin Shakir (Urdu: پروین شاکر‎) (24 November 1952 – 26 December 1994) was an Urdu poet, teacher and a civil servant of the Government of Pakistan.\r\n\r\nParveen Shakir started writing at a very young age, penning both prose and poetry, and contributing columns in Urdu newspapers, and a few articles in English dailies. Initially, she wrote under the pen-name, \"Beena\".\r\n\r\nStyle of poetry :-\r\nShakir employed mainly two forms of poetry in her work, one being the prevalent ghazal [plural: ghazalyaat], and the other being free verse (Urdu: Azaad nazm). The most prominent themes in Shakir's poetry are love, feminism, and social stigmas, though she occasionally wrote on other topics as well. Her work was often based on romanticism, exploring the concepts of love, beauty and their contradictions, and heavily integrated the use of metaphors, similes and personifications.\r\n\r\nArguably, Shakir can be termed the first female poet to use the word larki (girl) in her works—the male-dominated Urdu poetry landscape at the time seldom employed that word, and used the masculine syntax when talking about the 'lover'. Similarly, she often made use of the Urdu first-person, feminine pronoun in her verses which, though extremely common in prose, was rarely used in poetry, even by female poets before her.\r\n\r\nLegacy :-\r\nParveen Shakir's poetry was well-received, and after her untimely death she is now considered one of the best and \"most prominent\" modern poets Urdu language has ever produced. Hailed as a \"great poetess,\" her poetry has drawn comparisons to that of Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad, and she is considered among the breed of writers \"regarded as pioneers in defying tradition by expressing the 'female experience' in Urdu poetry.\r\n\r\nA source states, \"Parveen ... seems to have captured the best of Urdu verse ... Owing to [her] style and range of expressions one will be intrigued and ... entertained by some soul-stirring poetry.\" Another praises \"her rhythmic flow and polished wording\".\r\n\r\nPakistan's noted literary figure Iftikhar Arif has praised Parveen Shakir for impressing \"the young lot through her thematic variety and realistic poetry,\" for adding \"a new dimension to the traditional theme of love by giving expression to her emotions in a simple and pellucid style,\" and using a \"variety of words to convey different thoughts with varying intensities.\r\n\r\nThe Delhi Recorder has stated that Shakir \"has given the most beautiful female touch to Urdu poetry.\"\r\n\r\nAwards and recognition :-\r\nShakir's first book, Khushboo, was awarded the Adamjee Literary Award in 1976. Later, she was awarded the Pride of Performance, one of Pakistan's highest honours in 1990.\r\n\r\nUpon her death, the Parveen Shakir Trust was established by her close friend, Parveen Qadir Agha. The Parveen Shakir Trust organises a yearly function and gives out the \"Aks-e-Khushbu\" award.\r\n\r\nThe first substantial selection of Shakir's work translated into English was made by the poet Rehan Qayoom in 2011.\r\n\r\nCommemorative postage stamp\r\nIn 2013, Pakistan Post Office issued a commemorative postage stamp of Rupees 10 denomination to honor her on Parveen Shakir's 19th death anniversary.","raw_bio":"Parveen Shakir or Parvin Shakir (Urdu: پروین شاکر‎) (24 November 1952 – 26 December 1994) was an Urdu poet, teacher and a civil servant of the Government of Pakistan.\r \r Parveen Shakir started writing at a very young age, penning both prose and poetry, and contributing columns in Urdu newspapers, and a few articles in English dailies. Initially, she wrote under the pen-name, \"Beena\".\r \r Style of poetry :-\r Shakir employed mainly two forms of poetry in her work, one being the prevalent ghazal [plural: ghazalyaat], and the other being free verse (Urdu: Azaad nazm). The most prominent themes in Shakir's poetry are love, feminism, and social stigmas, though she occasionally wrote on other topics as well. Her work was often based on romanticism, exploring the concepts of love, beauty and their contradictions, and heavily integrated the use of metaphors, similes and personifications.\r \r Arguably, Shakir can be termed the first female poet to use the word larki (girl) in her works—the male-dominated Urdu poetry landscape at the time seldom employed that word, and used the masculine syntax when talking about the 'lover'. Similarly, she often made use of the Urdu first-person, feminine pronoun in her verses which, though extremely common in prose, was rarely used in poetry, even by female poets before her.\r \r Legacy :-\r Parveen Shakir's poetry was well-received, and after her untimely death she is now considered one of the best and \"most prominent\" modern poets Urdu language has ever produced. Hailed as a \"great poetess,\" her poetry has drawn comparisons to that of Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad, and she is considered among the breed of writers \"regarded as pioneers in defying tradition by expressing the 'female experience' in Urdu poetry.\r \r A source states, \"Parveen ... seems to have captured the best of Urdu verse ... Owing to [her] style and range of expressions one will be intrigued and ... entertained by some soul-stirring poetry.\" Another praises \"her rhythmic flow and polished wording\".\r \r Pakistan's noted literary figure Iftikhar Arif has praised Parveen Shakir for impressing \"the young lot through her thematic variety and realistic poetry,\" for adding \"a new dimension to the traditional theme of love by giving expression to her emotions in a simple and pellucid style,\" and using a \"variety of words to convey different thoughts with varying intensities.\r \r The Delhi Recorder has stated that Shakir \"has given the most beautiful female touch to Urdu poetry.\"\r \r Awards and recognition :-\r Shakir's first book, Khushboo, was awarded the Adamjee Literary Award in 1976. Later, she was awarded the Pride of Performance, one of Pakistan's highest honours in 1990.\r \r Upon her death, the Parveen Shakir Trust was established by her close friend, Parveen Qadir Agha. The Parveen Shakir Trust organises a yearly function and gives out the \"Aks-e-Khushbu\" award.\r \r The first substantial selection of Shakir's work translated into English was made by the poet Rehan Qayoom in 2011.\r \r Commemorative postage stamp\r In 2013, Pakistan Post Office issued a commemorative postage stamp of Rupees 10 denomination to honor her on Parveen Shakir's 19th death anniversary.","slug":"parveen-shakir","DOB":"1952-11-24","DateOfDemise":"1994-12-26","location":null,"url":"/sootradhar/parveen-shakir","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:40:44.854857","is_has_special_post":true,"is_special_author":false,"language":4},{"id":306,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/akbar_allabadi.png","name":"Akbar Allahabadi","bio":"Syed Akbar Hussain, popularly known as Akbar Allahabadi (16 November 1846 – 15 February 1921) was an Indian Urdu poet in the genre of satire.\r\n\r\nAkbar Allahabadi was born in the town of Bara, eleven miles from Allahabad, to a family of Sayyids who originally came to India from Persia as soldiers. His father, Moulvi Tafazzul Hussain served as a naib tehsildar and his mother belonged to a zamindar family of Jagdishpur village from the Gaya district in Bihar.\r\n\r\nLegacy\r\n\"Hungama Hai Kyon Barpa\" is a popular ghazal, written by Akbar Allahabadi and most prominently sung by Ghulam Ali. Verses from his poetry also found their way into the famous qawwali “Tum ik Gorakh Dhanda Ho” by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. A number of Akbar Allahabadi's poems were used in the 2015 Hindi film Masaan.[4] Explaining this as a conscious tribute, the film's lyrics writer Varun Grover explained that he wanted to show one of the female leads Shaalu (played by Shweta Tripathi) as a person whose hobby is to read Hindi poetry and shaayari.","raw_bio":"Syed Akbar Hussain, popularly known as Akbar Allahabadi (16 November 1846 – 15 February 1921) was an Indian Urdu poet in the genre of satire.\r \r Akbar Allahabadi was born in the town of Bara, eleven miles from Allahabad, to a family of Sayyids who originally came to India from Persia as soldiers. His father, Moulvi Tafazzul Hussain served as a naib tehsildar and his mother belonged to a zamindar family of Jagdishpur village from the Gaya district in Bihar.\r \r Legacy\r \"Hungama Hai Kyon Barpa\" is a popular ghazal, written by Akbar Allahabadi and most prominently sung by Ghulam Ali. Verses from his poetry also found their way into the famous qawwali “Tum ik Gorakh Dhanda Ho” by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. A number of Akbar Allahabadi's poems were used in the 2015 Hindi film Masaan.[4] Explaining this as a conscious tribute, the film's lyrics writer Varun Grover explained that he wanted to show one of the female leads Shaalu (played by Shweta Tripathi) as a person whose hobby is to read Hindi poetry and shaayari.","slug":"akbar-allahabadi","DOB":"1846-11-16","DateOfDemise":"1921-02-15","location":null,"url":"/sootradhar/akbar-allahabadi","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:40:46.063688","is_has_special_post":true,"is_special_author":false,"language":4},{"id":308,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Gulab-Khandelwal-horoscope.jpg","name":"Gulab Khandelwal","bio":"Gulab Khandelwal (21 February 1924 - 2 July 2017) was an Indian poet who wrote poetry in different forms such as Lyrics, Sonnets, Rubais (Quatrains), Dohas (Couplets), Odes, Elegies, Lyrical Ballads, Epics, Poetic Dramas, Ghazals, and Masnavi with equal felicity. He even introduced some of these forms into Hindi literature and, apart from Hindi, has also written poetry in Urdu and English. The span of his poetic language touches upon Sanskrit on one end and Urdu on the other. Gulab Khandelwal died in Ohio on 2 July 2017.\r\n\r\nGulab Khandelwal started writing poetry at an early age. His first volume of poems was published in 1941 with preface by the famous poet Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'. Since then, 73 books have been published, including more than 50 volumes of poems and 2 dramatic works in prose, some of which have been digitized by the Digital Library of India.Six of his books have received awards from the Uttar Pradesh government and one has received an award from the Bihar government. Some of his books were selected as textbooks for colleges in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, with Alok Vritt used in the intermediate board in Uttar Pradesh, India, since 1976.\r\n\r\nMahakavi Gulab translated some of his poems in English in Gulab Khandelwal: Selected Poems, which was published in 1986 with preface by Dr. Karan Singh, ex-Prince of Kashmir. In recognition of this and his achievements in his literary career, he was awarded honorary citizenship of Baltimore City, USA on 13th July, 1985. Furthermore, both the mayor of the City of Baltimore and the governor of Maryland state declared this day as Hindi Day.\r\n\r\nMahakavi Gulab was the president of Archana, a literary society of Kolkata founded in the 1950s, and presided over many events organized by multiple literary organizations. He was the president of Akhil Bhartiya Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Prayag, for 18 years. He was also the president of Bharati Parishad, an organisation founded by Mahamana Madan Mohan Malaviya. For 15 years, he was the senior member of the editorial board of Vishwa, a literary magazine by the International Hindi Association. He was also the president of the International Hindi Association.\r\n\r\nMahakavi Gulab lived mostly in the USA, but visited India every year. Till his death, he was active in his literary pursuit. In addition to his involvement in the Indian literary organizations, he also worked extensively with Indian organizations in the United States. He presided on meetings in New York on Vishwa Hindi Sammelan, an organization which strives towards the firm establishment of the Hindi language. At the age of 82, he wrote his auto-biography ज़िन्दगी है कोई किताब नहीं (Zindagi Hai Koi Kitaab Nahi).\r\n\r\nAwards\r\nSome of his books were presented awards by Hindi Sansthan (U.P. Government), India\r\n\r\nUsha – by U.P. Government in 1967\r\nRoop Ki Dhoop – by U.P. Government in 1971\r\nSau Gulab Khile – by U.P. Government in 1975\r\nKuchh Aur Gulab – by U.P. Government in 1980\r\nAhalya – Vishisht Puraskar by U.P. Government in 1980\r\nHar Subah Ek Taza Gulab – Nirala Puraskar by U.P. Government in 1989\r\nAdhunik Kavi-19 – Akhil Bharatiya Granth Puraskar by Bihar Government\r\nAhalya – Akhil Bharatiya Rambhakti Puraskar by Hanuman Mandir Trust, Kolkata, 1984\r\nSome of his books were selected as textbooks for colleges:\r\n\r\nKach Devyani – Had been in Intermediate in Magadh University, Bihar (India)\r\nUsha (Mahakavya) – Had been in B.A. in Magadh University, Bihar (India)\r\nAhalya (Khand-kavya) – Had been subject for dissertation in Awadh University, U.P. (India)\r\nAhalya (Khand-kavya) – Had been in B.A. in Magadh University, Bihar (India)\r\nAlok-Vritt (Khand-kavya) – Had been in B.A. in Magadh University, Bihar (India)\r\nAlok-Vritt (Khand-kavya) – Is in Intermediate Board in Uttar Pradesh (India) since 1976","raw_bio":"Gulab Khandelwal (21 February 1924 - 2 July 2017) was an Indian poet who wrote poetry in different forms such as Lyrics, Sonnets, Rubais (Quatrains), Dohas (Couplets), Odes, Elegies, Lyrical Ballads, Epics, Poetic Dramas, Ghazals, and Masnavi with equal felicity. He even introduced some of these forms into Hindi literature and, apart from Hindi, has also written poetry in Urdu and English. The span of his poetic language touches upon Sanskrit on one end and Urdu on the other. Gulab Khandelwal died in Ohio on 2 July 2017.\r \r Gulab Khandelwal started writing poetry at an early age. His first volume of poems was published in 1941 with preface by the famous poet Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'. Since then, 73 books have been published, including more than 50 volumes of poems and 2 dramatic works in prose, some of which have been digitized by the Digital Library of India.Six of his books have received awards from the Uttar Pradesh government and one has received an award from the Bihar government. Some of his books were selected as textbooks for colleges in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, with Alok Vritt used in the intermediate board in Uttar Pradesh, India, since 1976.\r \r Mahakavi Gulab translated some of his poems in English in Gulab Khandelwal: Selected Poems, which was published in 1986 with preface by Dr. Karan Singh, ex-Prince of Kashmir. In recognition of this and his achievements in his literary career, he was awarded honorary citizenship of Baltimore City, USA on 13th July, 1985. Furthermore, both the mayor of the City of Baltimore and the governor of Maryland state declared this day as Hindi Day.\r \r Mahakavi Gulab was the president of Archana, a literary society of Kolkata founded in the 1950s, and presided over many events organized by multiple literary organizations. He was the president of Akhil Bhartiya Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Prayag, for 18 years. He was also the president of Bharati Parishad, an organisation founded by Mahamana Madan Mohan Malaviya. For 15 years, he was the senior member of the editorial board of Vishwa, a literary magazine by the International Hindi Association. He was also the president of the International Hindi Association.\r \r Mahakavi Gulab lived mostly in the USA, but visited India every year. Till his death, he was active in his literary pursuit. In addition to his involvement in the Indian literary organizations, he also worked extensively with Indian organizations in the United States. He presided on meetings in New York on Vishwa Hindi Sammelan, an organization which strives towards the firm establishment of the Hindi language. At the age of 82, he wrote his auto-biography ज़िन्दगी है कोई किताब नहीं (Zindagi Hai Koi Kitaab Nahi).\r \r Awards\r Some of his books were presented awards by Hindi Sansthan (U.P. Government), India\r \r Usha – by U.P. Government in 1967\r Roop Ki Dhoop – by U.P. Government in 1971\r Sau Gulab Khile – by U.P. Government in 1975\r Kuchh Aur Gulab – by U.P. Government in 1980\r Ahalya – Vishisht Puraskar by U.P. Government in 1980\r Har Subah Ek Taza Gulab – Nirala Puraskar by U.P. Government in 1989\r Adhunik Kavi-19 – Akhil Bharatiya Granth Puraskar by Bihar Government\r Ahalya – Akhil Bharatiya Rambhakti Puraskar by Hanuman Mandir Trust, Kolkata, 1984\r Some of his books were selected as textbooks for colleges:\r \r Kach Devyani – Had been in Intermediate in Magadh University, Bihar (India)\r Usha (Mahakavya) – Had been in B.A. in Magadh University, Bihar (India)\r Ahalya (Khand-kavya) – Had been subject for dissertation in Awadh University, U.P. (India)\r Ahalya (Khand-kavya) – Had been in B.A. in Magadh University, Bihar (India)\r Alok-Vritt (Khand-kavya) – Had been in B.A. in Magadh University, Bihar (India)\r Alok-Vritt (Khand-kavya) – Is in Intermediate Board in Uttar Pradesh (India) since 1976","slug":"gulab-khandelwal","DOB":"1924-02-21","DateOfDemise":"2017-07-02","location":null,"url":"/sootradhar/gulab-khandelwal","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:40:50.398924","is_has_special_post":true,"is_special_author":false,"language":4},{"id":309,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Om_Prakash_Aditya.png","name":"Om Prakash Aditya","bio":"Om Prakash Aditya (5 November 1936 – 8 June 2009) was a renowned Hindi poet and satirist. He was also a famous poet of Hindi Kavi Sammelan. He was widely known for his witty and satiric poems. \"Gori Bethi Chhat Par\", \"Idhar Bhi Gadhe Hain, Udhar Bhi Gadhe Hain\", \"Tota And Maina\" are some of his famous poems. He was also one of the few poets in modern Hindi literature who used Kavita Chand to say poems. Chhand, which, in ancient times, was a part of almost every poet has now been very rare. Aditya was one of those very few poets who used Chhand in all poems.\r\n

\r\nA product of the pre-cable-television era, he achieved fame with televised Hasya Kavi Sammelan on Doordarshan in the 1970s and 1980s.\r\n

\r\nHe was also a school teacher in Delhi. He died in a car accident near Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.","raw_bio":"Om Prakash Aditya (5 November 1936 – 8 June 2009) was a renowned Hindi poet and satirist. He was also a famous poet of Hindi Kavi Sammelan. He was widely known for his witty and satiric poems. \"Gori Bethi Chhat Par\", \"Idhar Bhi Gadhe Hain, Udhar Bhi Gadhe Hain\", \"Tota And Maina\" are some of his famous poems. He was also one of the few poets in modern Hindi literature who used Kavita Chand to say poems. Chhand, which, in ancient times, was a part of almost every poet has now been very rare. Aditya was one of those very few poets who used Chhand in all poems.\r \r A product of the pre-cable-television era, he achieved fame with televised Hasya Kavi Sammelan on Doordarshan in the 1970s and 1980s.\r \r He was also a school teacher in Delhi. He died in a car accident near Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.","slug":"om-prakash-aditya","DOB":"1936-11-05","DateOfDemise":"2009-06-08","location":"Gurugram, Haryana, India","url":"/sootradhar/om-prakash-aditya","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:40:50.761887","is_has_special_post":true,"is_special_author":false,"language":4},{"id":311,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/220px-%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B6_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%AF_bharat-s-tiwari-photography-00002896_March_22_2014.jpg","name":"Kailash Vajpeyi","bio":"Kailash Vajpeyi (11 November 1936 – 1 April 2015) was an Indian poet, writer, and lyricist who chiefly wrote Hindi language poems throughout his literary career. He wrote more than 28 books, including one of his publications Hawa Mein Hastakshar which translates to \"signature in the air\" for which he was awarded a literary honour Sahitya Akademi Award in 2009. The University of Lucknow awarded him Vachaspati (Lord of speech) title in recognition of his contribution to Hindi literature.\r\n\r\nLiterary career :\r\nVajpeyi began his career writing articles for magazines as a journalist, and later wrote poems on politics through his publications such as \"Sankranta\" in 1964, \"Teesra Andhera\", and \"Dehant se Hatkar\". His poetic work was primarily focused on political system, mysticism, tradition and spirituality. During his last days, his poetry was themed on \"death\". He criticised the first prime minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru in his poem titled \"Rajdhani\". He wrote eponymous poems during 1970s. His one of poems was banned by the government of India for it's controversial lines, stating to sing a new national anthem. Vajpeyi's prominent literal work revolved around sufi devotional poems and sankrant. His some of essays were translated in multiple foreign languages, including English, German and Spanish.\r\n\r\nAfter he wrote some critic poems he went to Mexico and Dallas. He returned to India in 1980s with a new field of poetry and started writing about Hindu saints, musicians and with the theoretical aspects of a subject such as Jain-Buddhism, advaita vedanta, hinayana, and Sufi philosophy. His poem Rajdhani remained the subject of a dispute among the parliament members that sparked a controversy in the parliament, and later the federal government banned his numerous poems, including \"Rajdhani\".It is believed his poetic style was changed after visiting the U.S. He was influenced by the different mysticism and philosophical literature such as Zen Buddhism, Sufism and Vedanta. He was also involved in writing anti-establishment poetry and lyrics, and later changed his initial poetic views citing \"poetry make nothing happen, it is a signature in the wind.]\r\n\r\nAwards and recognitions\r\nVajpeyi was the recipient of numerous literary awards and honours, including Sahitya Akademi Award, S.S. Millennium Award, Vyas Samman, the World Hindi Literature Award, and Human Care Trust Award in recognition of his contribution to the Hindi and Indic literature (English).","raw_bio":"Kailash Vajpeyi (11 November 1936 – 1 April 2015) was an Indian poet, writer, and lyricist who chiefly wrote Hindi language poems throughout his literary career. He wrote more than 28 books, including one of his publications Hawa Mein Hastakshar which translates to \"signature in the air\" for which he was awarded a literary honour Sahitya Akademi Award in 2009. The University of Lucknow awarded him Vachaspati (Lord of speech) title in recognition of his contribution to Hindi literature.\r \r Literary career :\r Vajpeyi began his career writing articles for magazines as a journalist, and later wrote poems on politics through his publications such as \"Sankranta\" in 1964, \"Teesra Andhera\", and \"Dehant se Hatkar\". His poetic work was primarily focused on political system, mysticism, tradition and spirituality. During his last days, his poetry was themed on \"death\". He criticised the first prime minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru in his poem titled \"Rajdhani\". He wrote eponymous poems during 1970s. His one of poems was banned by the government of India for it's controversial lines, stating to sing a new national anthem. Vajpeyi's prominent literal work revolved around sufi devotional poems and sankrant. His some of essays were translated in multiple foreign languages, including English, German and Spanish.\r \r After he wrote some critic poems he went to Mexico and Dallas. He returned to India in 1980s with a new field of poetry and started writing about Hindu saints, musicians and with the theoretical aspects of a subject such as Jain-Buddhism, advaita vedanta, hinayana, and Sufi philosophy. His poem Rajdhani remained the subject of a dispute among the parliament members that sparked a controversy in the parliament, and later the federal government banned his numerous poems, including \"Rajdhani\".It is believed his poetic style was changed after visiting the U.S. He was influenced by the different mysticism and philosophical literature such as Zen Buddhism, Sufism and Vedanta. He was also involved in writing anti-establishment poetry and lyrics, and later changed his initial poetic views citing \"poetry make nothing happen, it is a signature in the wind.]\r \r Awards and recognitions\r Vajpeyi was the recipient of numerous literary awards and honours, including Sahitya Akademi Award, S.S. Millennium Award, Vyas Samman, the World Hindi Literature Award, and Human Care Trust Award in recognition of his contribution to the Hindi and Indic literature (English).","slug":"kailash-vajpeyi","DOB":"1936-11-11","DateOfDemise":"2015-04-01","location":null,"url":"/sootradhar/kailash-vajpeyi","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:40:52.466794","is_has_special_post":true,"is_special_author":false,"language":4},{"id":312,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/dhomil.jpg","name":"Sudama Pandey Dhoomil","bio":"Sudama Pandey \"Dhoomil\" (9 November 1936 – 10 February 1975), most commonly called Dhoomil, was a renowned Hindi poet from Varanasi, who is known for his revolutionary writings and his \"protest-poetry\", along with Muktibodh.\r\n\r\nKnown as the angry young man of Hindi poetry because of his rebellious writings, during his lifetime, he published just one collection of poems, Sansad se Sarak Tak, संसद से सड़क तक (\"From the Parliament to the Street\"), but another collection of his work, entitled Kal Sunna Mujhe कल सुनना मुझे, was released posthumously, and in 1979 went on to win the Sahitya Akademi Award in Hindi literature.","raw_bio":"Sudama Pandey \"Dhoomil\" (9 November 1936 – 10 February 1975), most commonly called Dhoomil, was a renowned Hindi poet from Varanasi, who is known for his revolutionary writings and his \"protest-poetry\", along with Muktibodh.\r \r Known as the angry young man of Hindi poetry because of his rebellious writings, during his lifetime, he published just one collection of poems, Sansad se Sarak Tak, संसद से सड़क तक (\"From the Parliament to the Street\"), but another collection of his work, entitled Kal Sunna Mujhe कल सुनना मुझे, was released posthumously, and in 1979 went on to win the Sahitya Akademi Award in Hindi literature.","slug":"sudama-pandey-dhoomil","DOB":"1936-11-09","DateOfDemise":"1975-02-10","location":null,"url":"/sootradhar/sudama-pandey-dhoomil","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:40:55.098186","is_has_special_post":true,"is_special_author":false,"language":4},{"id":313,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/teji_grover.jpg","name":"Teji Grover","bio":"Teji Grover is a Hindi poet, fiction writer,translator and painter. She is regarded as an important voice in Hindi poetry in the generations born after 1950. According to poet and critic Ashok Vajpeyi, \"Teji Grover shapes her language away from the prevalent idiom of Hindi poetry. In her poetry language acquires a form which is unique...\" Her poems have been translated into many Indian and foreign languages.\r\n\r\nGrover's fiction is known for its intertextual weaving and the seamless blending of dream and reality, the time past, present and future and the mythological and everyday in such a way that writing comes to predominate every thing else. As the Polish Hindi scholar Kamila Junik has written about her novel Neela (Blue), \"All the characters write. All the events are being written. The existence is being written as well. There is no other world beyond writing.\"\r\n\r\nThrough her numerous translations, Teji Grover has introduced some of the most significant modern Scandinavian writers and poets to the Hindi reader, such as Knut Hamsun, Tarjei Vesaas, Jon Fosse, Kjell Askildsen, Gunnar Björling, Hans Herbjørnsrud, Lars Amund Vaage, Edith Södergran, Harry Martinson, Tomas Tranströmer, Lars Lundkvist, and Ann Jäderlund, as also the controversial French writer Marguerite Duras.\r\n\r\nAwards and fellowships\r\nShe has received the following awards and fellowships:\r\n\r\nBharat Bhushan Agrawal Award for poetry (1989);\r\nWriter-in-Residence/Director, Premchand Srijanpeeth, Ujjain (1995-1997);\r\nSenior Fellow (Literature), Department of Culture, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, New Delhi (1995-1997); and\r\nSayed Haider Raza (S. H. Raza) Award for poetry (2003);\r\nFellow, Institute of Advanced Study, Nantes, France (2016-2017).\r\nVani Foundation Distinguished Translator Award (2019).\r\nThe Royal Order of the Polar Star, Member 1st Class, by the King and the Queen of Sweden (2019) for promoting literary and cultural relations between India and Sweden.","raw_bio":"Teji Grover is a Hindi poet, fiction writer,translator and painter. She is regarded as an important voice in Hindi poetry in the generations born after 1950. According to poet and critic Ashok Vajpeyi, \"Teji Grover shapes her language away from the prevalent idiom of Hindi poetry. In her poetry language acquires a form which is unique...\" Her poems have been translated into many Indian and foreign languages.\r \r Grover's fiction is known for its intertextual weaving and the seamless blending of dream and reality, the time past, present and future and the mythological and everyday in such a way that writing comes to predominate every thing else. As the Polish Hindi scholar Kamila Junik has written about her novel Neela (Blue), \"All the characters write. All the events are being written. The existence is being written as well. There is no other world beyond writing.\"\r \r Through her numerous translations, Teji Grover has introduced some of the most significant modern Scandinavian writers and poets to the Hindi reader, such as Knut Hamsun, Tarjei Vesaas, Jon Fosse, Kjell Askildsen, Gunnar Björling, Hans Herbjørnsrud, Lars Amund Vaage, Edith Södergran, Harry Martinson, Tomas Tranströmer, Lars Lundkvist, and Ann Jäderlund, as also the controversial French writer Marguerite Duras.\r \r Awards and fellowships\r She has received the following awards and fellowships:\r \r Bharat Bhushan Agrawal Award for poetry (1989);\r Writer-in-Residence/Director, Premchand Srijanpeeth, Ujjain (1995-1997);\r Senior Fellow (Literature), Department of Culture, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, New Delhi (1995-1997); and\r Sayed Haider Raza (S. H. Raza) Award for poetry (2003);\r Fellow, Institute of Advanced Study, Nantes, France (2016-2017).\r Vani Foundation Distinguished Translator Award (2019).\r The Royal Order of the Polar Star, Member 1st Class, by the King and the Queen of Sweden (2019) for promoting literary and cultural relations between India and Sweden.","slug":"teji-grover","DOB":"1955-01-01","DateOfDemise":null,"location":null,"url":"/sootradhar/teji-grover","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:40:56.365211","is_has_special_post":true,"is_special_author":false,"language":4},{"id":314,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/gpl_nrj.jpg","name":"Gopal Singh Nepali","bio":"Gopal Singh Nepali (11 August 1911 – 17 April 1963) was an Indian poet of Hindi literature and a lyricist of Bollywood. His association with Bollywood spanned around two decades, beginning in 1944 and ended with his death in 1963.Nepali ji, who made a separate identity as a film songwriter, has written about 300 songs in 54 movies. He was a poet of post-Chhayavaad period, and he wrote several collections of Hindi poems including \"Umang\" (published in 1933).The names of famous poetry collections such as Umang, Ragini, panchhi, Neelima, Himalaya ne Pukara etc. are notable in their important works. He was also a journalist and edited at least four Hindi magazines, namely, Ratlam Times, Chitrapat, Sudha, and Yogi. He was born in Bettiah in the state of Bihar. During Sino-Indian War of 1962, he wrote many patriotic songs and poems which include Savan, Kalpana.He died on 17 April 1963 in bhagalpur platform no.2. He is also known for his work \"The Newars: An Ethno-Sociological Study of a Himalayan Community\" (1965), made into a book from his doctoral dissertation.","raw_bio":"Gopal Singh Nepali (11 August 1911 – 17 April 1963) was an Indian poet of Hindi literature and a lyricist of Bollywood. His association with Bollywood spanned around two decades, beginning in 1944 and ended with his death in 1963.Nepali ji, who made a separate identity as a film songwriter, has written about 300 songs in 54 movies. He was a poet of post-Chhayavaad period, and he wrote several collections of Hindi poems including \"Umang\" (published in 1933).The names of famous poetry collections such as Umang, Ragini, panchhi, Neelima, Himalaya ne Pukara etc. are notable in their important works. He was also a journalist and edited at least four Hindi magazines, namely, Ratlam Times, Chitrapat, Sudha, and Yogi. He was born in Bettiah in the state of Bihar. During Sino-Indian War of 1962, he wrote many patriotic songs and poems which include Savan, Kalpana.He died on 17 April 1963 in bhagalpur platform no.2. He is also known for his work \"The Newars: An Ethno-Sociological Study of a Himalayan Community\" (1965), made into a book from his doctoral dissertation.","slug":"gopal-singh-nepali","DOB":"1911-08-11","DateOfDemise":"1963-04-17","location":null,"url":"/sootradhar/gopal-singh-nepali","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:40:58.602316","is_has_special_post":true,"is_special_author":false,"language":4}],"description":"

The Great Poets and Writers in Indian and World History!

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