Akhtar Shirani (Urdu: اختر شِيرانى), (also spelled 'Sheerani', 'Sherani', 'Shirani', 'Shairani'), (4 May 1905 – 9 September 1948) is considered to be one of the leading romantic poets of Urdu language.
\r\nWorks
As to his skill, Akhtar was quite innovative and introduced new modes in Urdu poetry. At such a green age, he wrote mature and inspiring poetry. He was called شاعرِ رومان (the poet of romance). His best-known collections of poetry include Akhtaristan, Nigarshat-e-Akhtar, Lala-e-toor, Tayyur-e-Aawara, Naghma-e-Haram, Subh-e bahaar, and Shahnaz. He had been editor for the literary magazines Intikhab, Bahaaristan, Khyaalistan, and Romaan from 1923 to 1939. He also wrote columns for daily newspapers Hamdard and Zamindar of Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar and Maulana Zafar Ali Khan respectively. He introduced many new writers in his magazines, including Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi and Qudratullah Shahab (both are well-known Urdu writers). \"Chandra wati\", the first afsana (short story) of Qudratullah Shahab, was published in Romaan (Magazine of Akhtar Sheerani).
In total, he left nine collections of his verses. In prose, apart from his fictions and translations, his essays on literary, critical and historical subjects are in abundance. His son Professor Mehmood Sheerani, who has been teaching in Government College University, has written a book on his life named as Kahan Se Laaoon Unhain(Where can I Find Him?). Dr Younus Hasni also wrote a book on the life of Akhtar Sheerani.
\r\nStyle and influence on Urdu Poetry
Youth dominates Akhtar's poetry like that of Shelley, Keats, and Byron. Lyricism, subtlety and novelty infuse a new spirit onto his poetry. He exhales verse as a flower exhales fragrance. His verses touching various colourful subjects flow with such tremendous ease and felicity as the reader is moved to ecstasy. Most of the critics have concentrated only on one aspect of his Love Poetry. However, his work was not confined to just the physical beauty of woman. Woman to him is beautiful in all her forms and shapes; the beloved, the wife, the mother and the sister. Wordsworth, the father of romantic poetry finds the immanence of divine spirit in the objects of nature. Akhtar's depiction of nature is second to none but unlike Wordsworth, he finds the objects of nature imbued with the beauty of woman. He uses woman as a symbol that stands for beauty and love permeating the whole universe.
Variegated aspects and artistic skills of Akhtar Shairani's poetry lend him a distinguished place in modern Urdu poetry. His influence on Urdu literature, and poetry in particular, earned him a repute of trendsetter. Several distinguished Urdu poets and literary figures have imbibed directly from him.
\r\nHis famous poems include:
\r\n\"Ae ishq kahin le chal\"
\"O des se aane waale bataa\"
\"Ae ishq hamein barbad na kar\" A super-hit poem sung by Nayyara Noor
\"Main aarzoo-e-jaan likhoon ya jaan-e-aarzu\"
\"Kuch to tanhai ki raaton ka sahara hota\"
\"Barsat\"
\"Tumhain sitaron ne be ikhtiar dekha hai\"
\"Woh kehtain hain ranjish ki baatain bhula dein\" A hit ghazal sung by Malika Pukhraj
Ravish Siddiqi (Urdu: روش صدیقی, 1911-1971) born Shahid Aziz at Jwalapur in District Saharanpur of Uttar Pradesh on 11 July 1911 was a renowned Urdu Ghazal and Nazm writer whose forte was Romantic Poetry and Patriotic Poetry. A self-educated person he had studied and gained fluency in Urdu, Arabic, Persian, Hindi, Sanskrit and English.
\r\nRavish Siddiqi worked in the All India Radio at the time when Prem Nath Dar, Saghar Nizami and Salaam Machhalishahari were also working in the same institution. Ravish Siddiqi wrote both romantic and patriotic poetry, but most of his widely acclaimed poems were written on the beauty of the Kashmir valley and people of Kashmir, a collection of these poems, called Khayabaan Khayabaan\"''' was published in late 1970s. His collection of ghazals titled Mehrab-e-Ghazal was published in 1956.
","raw_bio":"Ravish Siddiqi (Urdu: روش صدیقی, 1911-1971) born Shahid Aziz at Jwalapur in District Saharanpur of Uttar Pradesh on 11 July 1911 was a renowned Urdu Ghazal and Nazm writer whose forte was Romantic Poetry and Patriotic Poetry. A self-educated person he had studied and gained fluency in Urdu, Arabic, Persian, Hindi, Sanskrit and English. Ravish Siddiqi worked in the All India Radio at the time when Prem Nath Dar, Saghar Nizami and Salaam Machhalishahari were also working in the same institution. Ravish Siddiqi wrote both romantic and patriotic poetry, but most of his widely acclaimed poems were written on the beauty of the Kashmir valley and people of Kashmir, a collection of these poems, called Khayabaan Khayabaan\"''' was published in late 1970s. His collection of ghazals titled Mehrab-e-Ghazal was published in 1956.","slug":"ravish-siddiqi","DOB":"1911-01-01","DateOfDemise":"1971-01-01","location":null,"url":"/sootradhar/ravish-siddiqi","tags":"","created":"2023-09-22T12:50:09.188716","is_has_special_post":true,"is_special_author":false,"language":4},{"id":556,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/nushur-wahidi.png","name":"Nushoor Wahidi","bio":"Hafeez-ul-Rehman c. 1911 – c. 1983, known by his pen name Nushoor Wahidi (Urdu: نشور وحیدی; sometimes spelled Nushoor Wahedi or Nushoor Vahidi), was an Indian Urdu poet.
Career
Nushoor's major breakthrough came in a poetry session featuring the famous poet Jigar Moradabadi. Jigar Moradabadi had been reciting poems for some time and desired to take a break. Nushoor offered to come on stage and recite a few of his own poems while Jigar Moradabadi did so. It was in this forum that Nushoor was first recognized by the literary circles as a talented poet. Even Jigar Moradabadi acknowledged the young man's skill.
He is known as one of Urdu's last romantic poets, Nushoor published several compilations of Urdu poetry and a volume on philosophy, named the Sabah-e-hind. Despite being very popular in literary circles, Nushoor refused to lend his poetry to the then emerging Indian movie industry. It is perhaps for this reason that Nushoor could not gain the massive fame that his contemporaries had.
\r\nPersonal life
Nushoor and his wife have two sons and two daughters.
Nushoor died in 1983. His standing as a poet was so great that the Indian Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, personally called his family to condole his death.
\r\nA park in the city of Kanpur, India has been named in his honor.
","raw_bio":"Hafeez-ul-Rehman c. 1911 – c. 1983, known by his pen name Nushoor Wahidi (Urdu: نشور وحیدی; sometimes spelled Nushoor Wahedi or Nushoor Vahidi), was an Indian Urdu poet. Career Nushoor's major breakthrough came in a poetry session featuring the famous poet Jigar Moradabadi. Jigar Moradabadi had been reciting poems for some time and desired to take a break. Nushoor offered to come on stage and recite a few of his own poems while Jigar Moradabadi did so. It was in this forum that Nushoor was first recognized by the literary circles as a talented poet. Even Jigar Moradabadi acknowledged the young man's skill. He is known as one of Urdu's last romantic poets, Nushoor published several compilations of Urdu poetry and a volume on philosophy, named the Sabah-e-hind. Despite being very popular in literary circles, Nushoor refused to lend his poetry to the then emerging Indian movie industry. It is perhaps for this reason that Nushoor could not gain the massive fame that his contemporaries had. Personal life Nushoor and his wife have two sons and two daughters. Nushoor died in 1983. His standing as a poet was so great that the Indian Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, personally called his family to condole his death. A park in the city of Kanpur, India has been named in his honor.","slug":"nushoor-wahidi","DOB":"1911-01-01","DateOfDemise":"1983-01-01","location":null,"url":"/sootradhar/nushoor-wahidi","tags":"","created":"2023-09-22T12:50:14.597956","is_has_special_post":true,"is_special_author":false,"language":4},{"id":557,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/hussain.png","name":"Brahmarishi Hussain Sha","bio":"Hussain Sha (September 9, 1905 – September 24, 1981) was the seventh head of Sri Viswa Viznana Vidya Adhyatmika Peetham in Pithapuram. He was born in Rajahmundry, East Godavari District. He succeeded his father, Kavisekhara Dr Umar Alisha Sathguru. He completed his primary education at Pithapuram and passed the Final Arts course from National College in Machilipatnam. He was a scholar in Telugu, Arabic, Urdu, Persian and Sanskrit.\r\nमैथिली और हिन्दी के महाकवि आरसी प्रसाद सिंह (१९ अगस्त १९११ - नवम्बर १९९६) रूप, यौवन और प्रेम के कवि के रूप में विख्यात थे।
रचित कवितायेँ
•माटिक दीप (mETilIमैथिली काव्य संग्रह)
•पूजाक फूल (मैथिली काव्य संग्रह)
\r\n•सूर्यमुखी (मैथिली काव्य संग्रह) (साहित्य अकादमी पुरस्कार सन् १९४८ में)
\r\n•कागज की नाव (hiहिन्दी)
\r\nअनमोल वचन: (हिन्दी)
\r\nKalapi (Hindi)
“चलना है, केवल चलना है| जीवन चलता ही रहता है| रुक जाना है, मर जाना ही, निर्झर यह झड़ कर कहता है|” आरसी प्रसाद सिंह
जीवन का झरना आरसी प्रसाद सिंह के द्वारा रचित
\r\nयह जीवन क्या है? निर्झर है, मस्ती ही इसका पानी है। सुख-दुःख के दोनों तीरों से चल रहा राह मनमानी है। कब फूटा गिरि के अंतर से? किस अंचल से उतरा नीचे? किस घाटी से बह कर आया समतल में अपने को खींचे? निर्झर में गति है, जीवन है, वह आगे बढ़ता जाता है! धुन एक सिर्फ है चलने की, अपनी मस्ती में गाता है। बाधा के रोडों से लड़ता, वन के पेडो से टकराता, बढ़ता चट्टानों पर चढ़ता, चलता यौवन से मदमाता|
\r\nलहरें उठती हैं, गिरती हैं;
नाविक तट पर पछताता है।
तब यौवन बढ़ता है आगे,
निर्झर बढ़ता ही जाता है।
निर्झर कहता है, बढे चलो!
देखो मत पीछे मुड़ कर!
यौवन कहता है, बढे चलो!
सोचो मत होगा क्या चल कर?
चलना है, केवल चलना है!
जीवन चलता ही रहता है!
रुक जाना है मर जाना ही,
निर्झर यह झड़ कर कहता है!
जीवन और यौवन आरसी प्रसाद सिंह के द्वारा रचित
मै आया हूँ जीवन लेकर, मै यौवन लेकर आया हूँ!
\r\nआतुर कण कण से मिलने को फड़क रही हैं मेरी बाहें! निकल गया मैं जिधर, उधर ही टूटे शिखर, गयीं बन राहें! मुझमे जादू है, मिट्टी को छू दूँ, बन जाये सोना! मेरे हृदय-कमल से सुरभित है पृथ्वी का कोना-कोना!
\r\nदिन में चमका प्रखर सूर्य-सा, निशि में शशि बन मुस्काया हूँ! मैं आया हूँ जीवन लेकर, मैं यौवन लेकर आया हूँ!
\r\nसावन की घनघोर घटा-सा मैं बरसूँगा, मैं लरजूंगा! और वज्र-सा भीम व्योम के वक्षस्थल पर मैं गरजूंगा! चूमा करती है बिजली को बादल में हँस मेरी हस्ती रज-रज के जर्जर प्राणों में भर दूँगा मैं अपनी मस्ती!
\r\nजगती के सौंदर्य फूल पर! भौंरा बनकर मंडराया हूँ!
\r\n","raw_bio":"मैथिली और हिन्दी के महाकवि आरसी प्रसाद सिंह (१९ अगस्त १९११ - नवम्बर १९९६) रूप, यौवन और प्रेम के कवि के रूप में विख्यात थे। रचित कवितायेँ •माटिक दीप (mETilIमैथिली काव्य संग्रह) •पूजाक फूल (मैथिली काव्य संग्रह) •सूर्यमुखी (मैथिली काव्य संग्रह) (साहित्य अकादमी पुरस्कार सन् १९४८ में) •कागज की नाव (hiहिन्दी) अनमोल वचन: (हिन्दी) Kalapi (Hindi) “चलना है, केवल चलना है| जीवन चलता ही रहता है| रुक जाना है, मर जाना ही, निर्झर यह झड़ कर कहता है|” आरसी प्रसाद सिंह जीवन का झरना आरसी प्रसाद सिंह के द्वारा रचित यह जीवन क्या है? निर्झर है, मस्ती ही इसका पानी है। सुख-दुःख के दोनों तीरों से चल रहा राह मनमानी है। कब फूटा गिरि के अंतर से? किस अंचल से उतरा नीचे? किस घाटी से बह कर आया समतल में अपने को खींचे? निर्झर में गति है, जीवन है, वह आगे बढ़ता जाता है! धुन एक सिर्फ है चलने की, अपनी मस्ती में गाता है। बाधा के रोडों से लड़ता, वन के पेडो से टकराता, बढ़ता चट्टानों पर चढ़ता, चलता यौवन से मदमाता| लहरें उठती हैं, गिरती हैं; नाविक तट पर पछताता है। तब यौवन बढ़ता है आगे, निर्झर बढ़ता ही जाता है। निर्झर कहता है, बढे चलो! देखो मत पीछे मुड़ कर! यौवन कहता है, बढे चलो! सोचो मत होगा क्या चल कर? चलना है, केवल चलना है! जीवन चलता ही रहता है! रुक जाना है मर जाना ही, निर्झर यह झड़ कर कहता है! जीवन और यौवन आरसी प्रसाद सिंह के द्वारा रचित मै आया हूँ जीवन लेकर, मै यौवन लेकर आया हूँ! आतुर कण कण से मिलने को फड़क रही हैं मेरी बाहें! निकल गया मैं जिधर, उधर ही टूटे शिखर, गयीं बन राहें! मुझमे जादू है, मिट्टी को छू दूँ, बन जाये सोना! मेरे हृदय-कमल से सुरभित है पृथ्वी का कोना-कोना! दिन में चमका प्रखर सूर्य-सा, निशि में शशि बन मुस्काया हूँ! मैं आया हूँ जीवन लेकर, मैं यौवन लेकर आया हूँ! सावन की घनघोर घटा-सा मैं बरसूँगा, मैं लरजूंगा! और वज्र-सा भीम व्योम के वक्षस्थल पर मैं गरजूंगा! चूमा करती है बिजली को बादल में हँस मेरी हस्ती रज-रज के जर्जर प्राणों में भर दूँगा मैं अपनी मस्ती! जगती के सौंदर्य फूल पर! भौंरा बनकर मंडराया हूँ! ","slug":"rc-prasad-singh","DOB":"1911-08-19","DateOfDemise":"1996-11-15","location":null,"url":"/sootradhar/rc-prasad-singh","tags":"","created":"2023-09-22T12:50:17.114347","is_has_special_post":true,"is_special_author":false,"language":4},{"id":560,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/girish-tiwari_1566462873.jpeg","name":"Girish Tiwari","bio":"Girish Tiwari \"Girda\" (10 September 1945 – 22 August 2010) was a scriptwriter, director, lyricist, singer, poet, organic culturist, literary writer, and social activist in Uttarakhand, India.
Mohammad Sanaullah Dar (25 May 1912 – 3 November 1949), better known as Meeraji was an Indian Urdu poet. He lived the life of a bohemian, working only intermittently.
\r\nLiterary life
Meeraji was associated with Adabi Duniya (Lahore), and later worked for All India Radio, Delhi. He wrote literary columns for the monthly Saqi (Delhi) and for a short period helped editing Khayal (Bombay). After Partition, he settled permanently in Bombay.
From his teenage days, Meeraji felt attracted towards Hindu mythology. He often used Hindi vocabulary in his poetry, prose and letters. He acknowledged his debt to the Sanskrit poet Amaru and the French poet Baudelaire. He also translated certain works of the Sanskrit poet, Damodar Gupta and of the Persian poet, Omar Khayyam.
\r\nMeeraji is considered to be one of the pioneers of symbolism in Urdu poetry, and especially introducing Free Verse. Along with N. M. Rashid, he was a leading poet of the group Halqa-e Arbab-e Zauq, which broke away from the classic convention of radeef and qafia, explored the rich resources of blank verse and Free Verse, rejected the confines of the socially \"acceptable\" and \"respectable\" themes, rejected the stranglehold of Persianised diction, and explored with sensitivity and skill, the hitherto forbidden territories of sexual and psychological states. He also wrote illuminating criticism of poetry and yearned to alter the expression of his age.
\r\nWorks
Meeraji's literary output was immense but he published very little of his poetry during his lifetime. However, Khalid Hasan, in his article \"Meera Sen's forgotten lover,\"[citation needed] records that during Meeraji's lifetime four collections of Meeraji's works were published by Shahid Ahmed Dehlavi, and one by Maktaba-e-Urdu, Lahore. His complete works Kulliyat-e-Meeraji appeared only in 1988 edited by Dr. Jameel Jalibi.Dr Jameel Jalibi again edited the Kulliyat and published in 1994 from Lahore with all his remaining works. Another collection titled Baqiyat-e-Meeraji was edited by Sheema Majeed in 1990. A book titled \"Iss Nazm Mein\" containing Essays of Meeraji was published during his lifetime.
The list of the works of Meeraji:
\r\n\"Geet he Geet (songs)
\"Meeraji ke Geet\" (Poems)
\"Meeraji ki Nazmen\"(Poems)
\"Teen Rang\" (Poems)
\"Iss Nazm Mein\" (Criticism - Essays of Meeraji)
\"Kulliyat-e-Meeraji\" (Poems) compiled by Altaf Gauhar and published by Dr. Jameel Jalibi, Urdu Markaz U.K.
\"Baqiyat-e-Meeraji\" (Poems) edited by Sheema Majeed and published by Pakistan Books and Literary Sounds, Lahore.
\"Intikhab-e-kalaam\"
\"Pratinidhi Shairy\"
\"Seh Aatishah (poems)
\"Mashriq o Maghrib ke Naghmay
\"Paband Nazmen (poems)
\"Meera ji ki Nazmen Edited by Anees Nagi (poems)
\"Nigar Khana (translation)
\"Khemay ke aas Paas (translations)by Meera ji
Shamim Karhani (8 June 1913 - 19 March 1975) was an eminent Urdu poet ('Shayar') of the 20th century.
\r\nPoetry and India's freedom struggle
Shamim had a taste in poetry since he was a kid. He composed his first couplet at the age of eight. He now was aware what he was born for. He started writing and was adored all over Uttar Pradesh. This was the era when India was vehemently trying to get out of snare of British rule. Being an Indian he started writing poems that conveyed the moral of adhesion to one's own country. These poems became so influential that his popular revolutionary 'Nazms' and 'Naghmas' ('Geets') were sung in the 'Prabhat-Pheris' taken out on the streets of cities like Lucknow and Varanasi during the freedom struggle.
Soon Shamim Karhani's nationalist and revolutionary poetry started attracting the attention of both the common people and the literati. It was through this nationalist platform that he joined the Progressive Writers' Movement. In 1948 he composed a poem entitled Jagao Na Bapu Ko Neend Aa Gayi Hai just after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. The above poem had such an emotional appeal that it spread like the jungle fire. Once, Shamim Karhani had the opportunity to recite the poem in the presence of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. Nehru, after listening to the poem, got impressed by Shamim's work and asked him to come to Lucknow to recite his poems in Congress election meetings. Later, after independence, Nehru asked Shamim to come to Delhi. He migrated to Delhi in 1950 and met Nehru at 'Teen-Murti'. Nehru asked him to compose an epic in Urdu on the freedom movement of India and started giving him a stipend for the job from his personal pocket. On 7 February 1950 he wrote in Shamim's diary:
\r\n\"A poet should make his life itself a poem. Shamim Karhani has sung of India's freedom. I hope he will continue to do so and enjoy this freedom\"
\r\nHis collection entitled \"Roshan Andhera\" was entirely devoted to the \"Quit India Movement\".
\r\nShamim Karhani was a contemporary of eminent poets like Faiz Ahmed 'Faiz', Ali 'Sardar' Jafri, 'Majaz Lucknawi', Moin Ahsan 'Jazbi', Ali 'Jawad' Zaidi, etc. Being basically a 'Ghazal-go' (one who composes 'Ghazals'), however, tried his hand on each and every 'genre' of Urdu poetry and some of his compositions found eternal place in Urdu literature. He has composed (apart from ghazals) poems, 'rubaees', 'qataat', 'geet', elegies, 'marsiyas', 'eulogies' etc.
\r\n
List of works
Burq-o-Baaran (1939)
Roshan Andhera (1942)
Taraaney (1944)
Badh Chal Re Hindustan (1948)
Tameer (1948)
Aks-i-Gul (1962)
Intekhaab-i-Kalaam-i-Shamim Karhani (1963)
Zulfiqaar (1964)
Harf-i-Neem Shab (1972)
Jaan-i-Baraadar (1973)
Subh-i-Faaran (1974)
Main Bootarabi (1974)
Kileed-i-Insha
Pushp Chhaya (Hindi translation of Aks-i-Gul)
Awards
Award from the government of Uttar Pradesh (India) for his collection 'Aks-i-Gul' in 1964
Award from Uttar Pradesh (India) Urdu Academy for his collection ‘Harf-i-Neem Shab’ in 1972
Saroop Narayan Urdu Nazm Award in 1972
Award from Government of India for his collection ‘Ranga Ke Geet’
गोरख पांडेय(1945 - 29 जनवरी 1989 ) हिंदी के प्रसिद्ध के कवी थे .
\r\n\r\nप्रमुख कृतियाँ : कविता संग्रह: भोजपुरी के नौ गीत, जागते रहो सोने वलो, स्वर्ग से बिदाई, समय का पहिया, लोहा गरम हो गया है। वैचारिक गद्य : धर्म की मार्क्सवादी व्याख्या
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Literary career
Sahir Hoshiarpuri and Naresh Kumar Shad also edited and published the Urdu Journal Chandan.
He has written several books but only five published collections of him are available. In 1989 he was given the Ghalib Award by the Ghalib Institute in recognition of his literary contributions.
\r\nBibliography
Jal Tarang
Sahar e ghazal (1959)
Sahar e naghma (1970)
Sahar e haraf (1982)
Sahar e khayal (1990)
Nuqoosh e Dagh
Ali Sardar Jafri (29 November 1913 – 1 August 2000) was an Indian writer of Urdu language. He was also a poet, critic and film lyricist.
Literary career
Jafri embarked on his literary career in 1938 with the publication of his first collection of short stories called Manzil (Destination). His first collection of poems Parvaz (Flight) was published in 1944. In 1936, he presided over the first conference of the Progressive Writers' Movement in Lucknow. He also presided over their subsequent assemblies for the rest of his life.[5] In 1939, he became co-editor of Naya Adab, a literary journal devoted to the Progressive Writers' Movement which continued to be published until 1949.
He was involved in several social, political and literary movements. On 20 January 1949, he was arrested at Bhiwandi, for organising a (then banned) Progressive Urdu writers' conference, despite warnings from Morarji Desai, the Chief Minister of Bombay State; three months later, he was rearrested.
\r\nHis important works as a lyricist include Dharti Ke Lal (1946) and Pardesi (1957) . Between 1948 and 1978 he published eight poetry collections, which include, Nai Duniya Ko Salaam (Salute to the New World), (1948), Khoon Ki Lakeer, Amn Ka Sitara, Asia Jaag Utha (Asia Awakes) (1951), Patthar Ki Deewar (Stone Wall) (1953), Ek Khwab Aur (One More Dream), Pairahan-i-Sharar (The Robe of Sparks) (1965) and Lahu Pukarta Hai (The Blood Calls) (1965). These were followed by Awadh ki khak-i-haseen (Beautiful Land of Awadh), Subhe Farda (Tomorrow Morning), Mera Safar (My journey) and his last anthology entitled Sarhad, which the then Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee carried with him on his bus journey to Lahore in 1999. The prime minister had invited Jafri to accompany him on this trip but ill health prevented him from doing so. Sarhad is also an audio album dedicated to Indo-Pakistan amity produced by Squadron Leader Anil Sehgal and composed and sung by \"Bulbul-e-Kashmir\" Seema Anil Sehgal. Atal Bihari Vajpayee made history when he presented Sarhad, as a national gift, to the then prime minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, during the historic Lahore Summit, 20–21 February 1999. It was also a milestone in Jafri's life.
\r\nIn the course of his literary career spanning five decades, Jafri also edited anthologies of Kabir, Mir, Ghalib and Meera Bai with his own introductions.[citation needed] He also wrote two plays for the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA), produced a documentary film Kabir, Iqbal and Freedom and two television serials: the runaway success, the 18-part Kahkashan, based on the lives and works of seven Urdu poets of the 20th century he had known personally viz. Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Firaq Gorakhpuri, Josh Malihabadi, Majaz, Hasrat Mohani, Makhdoom Mohiuddin and Jigar Moradabadi; and Mehfil-e-yaaran in which he interviewed people from different walks of life. Both serials had tremendous mass appeal. In addition, he published his autobiography.He was also the editor and publisher of Guftagu, one of the leading Urdu literary magazines of the Indian sub-continent.
\r\nHe died on 1 August 2000 in Mumbai. To mark his first death anniversary, the book Ali Sardar Jafri: The Youthful Boatman of Joy, edited by Squadron Leader Anil Sehgal, a close associate, was published in 2001.
\r\nExcerpts from poems
Ai watan khake watan woh bhi tujhe de denge
Bach raha hai jo lahoo abke fasaddat ke baad
O my country, my beloved land we shall be most willing to sacrifice
Whatever blood is left in us after the bloodbath of riots
—Awadh ki Khak-i-Haseen
Ghareeb Sita ke ghar pe kab tak rahegi Ravan ki hukmrani
Draupadi ka libas uske badan se kab tak chhina karega
Shakuntala kab tak andhi taqdeer ke bhanwar mein phansi rahegi
Yeh Lakhnau ki shiguftagi maqbaron mein kab tak dabi rahegi
How long will Ravan rule over the home of poor Sita
How long will Draupadi be deprived of her garment
How long will Shakuntala be enmeshed in the abyss of fate
How long will the freshness of Lucknow remain buried under the imposing tombs?
—Awadh ki Khak-i-Haseen
Awards and honours
In 1998, Jafri became the third Urdu poet to receive the Jnanpith Award (for 1997), after Firaq Gorakhpuri (1969) and Qurratulain Hyder (1989). The Bharatiya Jnanpith said, \"Jafri represents those who are fighting against injustice and oppression in society\".[8] He was also the recipient of several other significant awards and honours including Padma Shri (1967), Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship (1971),[9] the Gold medal from the Pakistan Government for Iqbal studies (1978), the Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy Award for poetry, the Makhdoom Award, the Faiz Ahmad Faiz Award, the Iqbal Samman Award from the Madhya Pradesh government and the Sant Dyaneshwar Award from the Maharashtra government.
Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) conferred a doctorate (D.Litt.) on him in 1986, fifty years after he was expelled from the university. His works have been translated into many Indian and foreign languages.
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His important works as a lyricist include Dharti Ke Lal (1946) and Pardesi (1957) . Between 1948 and 1978 he published eight poetry collections, which include, Nai Duniya Ko Salaam (Salute to the New World), (1948), Khoon Ki Lakeer, Amn Ka Sitara, Asia Jaag Utha (Asia Awakes) (1951), Patthar Ki Deewar (Stone Wall) (1953), Ek Khwab Aur (One More Dream), Pairahan-i-Sharar (The Robe of Sparks) (1965) and Lahu Pukarta Hai (The Blood Calls) (1965). These were followed by Awadh ki khak-i-haseen (Beautiful Land of Awadh), Subhe Farda (Tomorrow Morning), Mera Safar (My journey) and his last anthology entitled Sarhad, which the then Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee carried with him on his bus journey to Lahore in 1999. The prime minister had invited Jafri to accompany him on this trip but ill health prevented him from doing so. Sarhad is also an audio album dedicated to Indo-Pakistan amity produced by Squadron Leader Anil Sehgal and composed and sung by \"Bulbul-e-Kashmir\" Seema Anil Sehgal. Atal Bihari Vajpayee made history when he presented Sarhad, as a national gift, to the then prime minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, during the historic Lahore Summit, 20–21 February 1999. It was also a milestone in Jafri's life. In the course of his literary career spanning five decades, Jafri also edited anthologies of Kabir, Mir, Ghalib and Meera Bai with his own introductions.[citation needed] He also wrote two plays for the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA), produced a documentary film Kabir, Iqbal and Freedom and two television serials: the runaway success, the 18-part Kahkashan, based on the lives and works of seven Urdu poets of the 20th century he had known personally viz. Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Firaq Gorakhpuri, Josh Malihabadi, Majaz, Hasrat Mohani, Makhdoom Mohiuddin and Jigar Moradabadi; and Mehfil-e-yaaran in which he interviewed people from different walks of life. Both serials had tremendous mass appeal. In addition, he published his autobiography.He was also the editor and publisher of Guftagu, one of the leading Urdu literary magazines of the Indian sub-continent. He died on 1 August 2000 in Mumbai. To mark his first death anniversary, the book Ali Sardar Jafri: The Youthful Boatman of Joy, edited by Squadron Leader Anil Sehgal, a close associate, was published in 2001. Excerpts from poems Ai watan khake watan woh bhi tujhe de denge Bach raha hai jo lahoo abke fasaddat ke baad O my country, my beloved land we shall be most willing to sacrifice Whatever blood is left in us after the bloodbath of riots —Awadh ki Khak-i-Haseen Ghareeb Sita ke ghar pe kab tak rahegi Ravan ki hukmrani Draupadi ka libas uske badan se kab tak chhina karega Shakuntala kab tak andhi taqdeer ke bhanwar mein phansi rahegi Yeh Lakhnau ki shiguftagi maqbaron mein kab tak dabi rahegi How long will Ravan rule over the home of poor Sita How long will Draupadi be deprived of her garment How long will Shakuntala be enmeshed in the abyss of fate How long will the freshness of Lucknow remain buried under the imposing tombs? —Awadh ki Khak-i-Haseen Awards and honours In 1998, Jafri became the third Urdu poet to receive the Jnanpith Award (for 1997), after Firaq Gorakhpuri (1969) and Qurratulain Hyder (1989). The Bharatiya Jnanpith said, \"Jafri represents those who are fighting against injustice and oppression in society\".[8] He was also the recipient of several other significant awards and honours including Padma Shri (1967), Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship (1971),[9] the Gold medal from the Pakistan Government for Iqbal studies (1978), the Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy Award for poetry, the Makhdoom Award, the Faiz Ahmad Faiz Award, the Iqbal Samman Award from the Madhya Pradesh government and the Sant Dyaneshwar Award from the Maharashtra government. Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) conferred a doctorate (D.Litt.) on him in 1986, fifty years after he was expelled from the university. 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