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

A seminar on Ibn-e-Safi was held in Delhi on March 16, 2007.

Eminent Urdu scholar from Germany, Christina Oesterheld said that the characters of Ibn-e-Safi’s novels live a Western lifestyle but are quintessentially Oriental when it comes to their behaviour towards women.

The main characters Imran and Faridi don’t look at women as an object of sex, rather for them a woman is a symbol of purity and dignity. They treat her as equal in all regards. Dr Christina, who is the senior lecturer at Institute of South Asian Studies, Heidelberg, Germany regretted that Ibn-e-Safi’s writing was not given enough attention in comparison to so-called serious literature.

The Sahitya Akademi president Dr Gopi Chand Narang said questioned why ‘Jasoosi Adab’ is not considered literature and if it is not literature then why ‘adab (literature) word is attached to it, during such seminars. He said that Ibn-e-Safi was published in Devanagari and Bengali as well, and rather than ignoring his works, there is need to change our own attitude.

Professor Akhtarul Wasey said that Ibn-e-Safi not only taught Urdu to a generation but also taught us nuances of language, story plot and an understanding of the world, especially the third world countries. He said that Ibn-i-Safi B.A. had indicated several things in the 60s and 70s which we are witnessing today.

The participants said that the novels of Ibn Safi are gems of Urdu literature. Often in serious literature the readers is left detched and searching for answers, which is not the case in his novels. And they are serious nonetheless on another plane as the satire is unmistakeable.

Another famous litterateur, Izhar Asar, who has written hundreds of novels and considered a pillar of ‘popular literature’, attended the seminar, which was held under the aegis of URdu Acdemy. Yunus Dehlvi, Khalid Mahmood, Dr Sadiq, Shabana Nazeer, Najma Rahmani, Kifayat Dehliv, Sheen Kaf Nizam, MR Qasmi, Abu Bakr Abbas, M Arif Iqbal, Arujumand Ara, Maula Bakhsh, Seemab Sultanpuri and Moin Shadab were amongst the other participants.

Interestingly, later at a seminar in Mumbai, legendary Urdu writer Intizar Husain, who apparently tried to shock the audience with the comment that he ‘had neither read Ibn Safi nor felt he was important enough‘, invited flak for his comments. There was severe criticism of the comment on the stage itself. Several litterateurs reminded Intezar Hussain that though one may be entitled to his personal views, and his literary status apart, Ibn Safi can’t be simply dismissed as just another writer.

Courtesy: http://urduindia.wordpress.com/

 

Golden jubilee award recipients

Daily Dawn, Friday15 August 1997 

KARACHI, Aug 14: At a graceful "Speaker Awards" ceremony held on the lawns of Sindh Assembly Building on Thursday on the occasion of Pakistan's Golden Jubilee, the speaker of Sindh Assembly, Nawab Mirza, gave away awards to personalities who rendered remarkable services in their fields.

Sindh chief minister Liaquat Ali Jatoi, Nawab Mirza, and senior Sindh minister Dr Farooq Sattar distributed awards among the recipients.

Qari Abdul Waheed Sikandari and Qari Waheed Zafar Qasmi were given award for Husn-i-Qirat while Muniba Sheikh was given award for Naat Khwani. Syed Ishtiaq Azhar was given award for his services in the independence movement.

Ghinwa Bhutto, widow of Mir Murtaza Bhutto, was awarded special shield for her courage displayed following assassination of her husband. The award was jointly received by Ghinwa Bhutto and her daughter, Fatima.

In the field of judiciary and law, awards were given to Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan Justice Sajjad Ali Shah, Justice Nasir Aslam Zahid, Justice Fakhruddin G. Ibrahim and Justice Saleem Akhtar.

Among Politicians Dr Farooq Sattar, senior Sindh minister, Syed Jalal Mahmood Shah, deputy speaker of Sindh Assembly and grand son of G. M. Syed, Shoaib Bukhari, Qazi Khalid Ali, Waseem Akhtar, provincial ministers, were given awards.

In education, Dr Pirzada Qasim, Dr Abdul Wahab, Dr Nabi Bux Baloch, Riazuddin, and Prof Ehsan Rasheed, Hakeem Said were given awards. In science and technology, Dr Mumtazul Imam; in medical and surgery, Dr Adeebul Hasan Rizvi and Hakim Muhammad Said;

In literature, Ibne Safi, Shaukat Siddiqui, Dr Jamil Jalibi, Qamar Ali Abbasi, Baqar Rizvi, Shakil Ahmed Zia, and Hasina Moin; in journalism, Senator Ajmal Dehlvi, Ali Hasan, Majeed Abbasi, Mudassar Mirza, M. B. Naqvi, Habib Khan Ghori, Mehboob Ali Khan and Kamran Wajahat;

In press photography, Mujeebur Rehman and Ikram Mehdi; in poetry Gulnar Afreen, Sheikh Ayaz, Mohsin Bhopali and Tariq Sabzwari.

Mushtaq Ahmed Yusufi, humorist; Mirza Nazeer Baig (Nadeem), Safirullah Lehri, Talat Hussain, Shafi Muhammad and Ishrat Hashmi, screen artists; Arshe Munir and Qazi Wajid radio artists, Mehdi Hasan, Alan Faqir, Alamgir, Abida Parveen and Akhlaq Ahmed, singers; Hanif Muhammad, Roshan Khan, Islahuddin, Hussain Shah, Rashid Latif, sports.- PPI

 


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