Nida Fazli: A Great Urdu Poet of the Present Day

In the present day Nida Fazli is well thought-out a giant name in Urdu poetry mainly after the deaths of whole generation of expert Urdu poets in the last couple of years. But this is not to put down Nida's input to literature.

Tribute to Kavish Badri: a unique Ghazal

Kavish Badri, the prominent Urdu poet is no more. He is no longer with us; he was deceased on May 28, 2010 in his native place Ambur. Born on February 3, 1928, his real name was V.P. Abdur Razaq, came into view as a great poet. He was known to be erratic, self-complacency and emotional Urdu poet who did not seem to have “double standards”.

Saving the Urdu writings from plagiarism

Plagiarism is a huge problem in Pakistan. Not only that the Urdu literature is plagiarized but also there are many self-proclaimed Urdu writers. These writers constantly steal the literary works from other languages and translate them to Urdu.

A very blatant example of this trend is portrayed by the informative Urdu digests and magazines in Pakistan. They pick up entire articles from Readers’ Digest, BBC’s official website and other such magazines, websites etc. They just translate them to Urdu word by word and publish them. They never give any credit to the original writers of the articles and their actual publishers.

Ibn-e-Safi’s novels are gems of Urdu literature

This was a long past due post and was deferred due to some reasons. Renowned Urdu scholar from Germany, Christina Oesterheld said that the characters of Ibn-e-Safi’s novels live a Western lifestyle but are in essence Oriental when it comes to their behavior towards women.

Why Don’t Readers Own Urdu Novels?

The Urdu popular fiction has a very ardent fan base. Of course, it is called popular fiction only because it is very popular as compared to the literary works.

It is of no doubt that, the Urdu popular fiction is seeing great writers. These writers, mostly females, are doing their work very dutifully. They point out different social issues very successfully. It is needless to say that they are playing a great role in imprinting a positive impact on the society.

Abul Kalam Azad

Azad was one of the most important arranger of the Dharasana Satyagraha in 1931, and appeared as one of the most significant national leaders of the time, notably leading the causes of Hindu-Muslim unity as well as supporting secularism and socialism. He served as Congress President from 1940 to 1945, during which the Quit India revolt was launched and Azad was locked up with the whole Congress leadership for three years. Azad became the most well-known Muslim adversary of the demand for a separate Muslim state of Pakistan and served in the acting national government.

Late Dr Wazir Agha’s early life

It is very excruciating to put in the word ‘late’ to Dr Wazir Agha’s name, who was a great intellectual. Dr Agha’s expedition in literature is appropriately adds up by his couplet: kehney ko chandgaam tha yeh arsa-e-hyayat, lekin tamaam umr hi chalna para mujhey.