Ghalib Awards 2005
Seven poets honoured with Ghalib Awards of the year
Press Trust of India
New Delhi, December 17, 2005
Seven Urdu poets were honoured with the Ghalib Awards at the hands of former Prime Minister IK Gujral at an evening here which was made memorable by rendition of ghazals by renowned singer Jagjit Singh.
While Fuzail Jafri, Abid Suhail, Akhtar Saeed Khan, Yograj Tandon, Kamal Ahmad Siddiqui and Mohammad Aslam Parvaiz were felicitated by the prestigious award for their contribution in Urdu literature, Abdul Wadood Azhar was given the award for his criticism and research in Persian language.
Releasing four books attributed to the great Urdu poet, Gujral said "people of both the nations will always strive to preserve the treasure left by Ghalib."
Speaking on the occasion, Mohammad Ali Siddiqui from Pakistan said Ghalib whose poetry has surpassed time and space, will remain the poet of not only of 21st century but also of 22nd century. Sahitya Akademy Chairman Gopi Chand Narang eulogised the poet by saying the most quotable quotes even from the Parliamentarians come from Ghalib's ghazals.
In a jam-packed auditorium, the evening turned more colourful when Jagjit Singh began the sham-e-Ghazal programme with one of Ghalib's famous ghazals 'Hazaaron khwahish aisi, ke har khwahis pe dam nikle'.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1575812,00110005.htm
Press Trust of India
New Delhi, December 17, 2005
Seven Urdu poets were honoured with the Ghalib Awards at the hands of former Prime Minister IK Gujral at an evening here which was made memorable by rendition of ghazals by renowned singer Jagjit Singh.
While Fuzail Jafri, Abid Suhail, Akhtar Saeed Khan, Yograj Tandon, Kamal Ahmad Siddiqui and Mohammad Aslam Parvaiz were felicitated by the prestigious award for their contribution in Urdu literature, Abdul Wadood Azhar was given the award for his criticism and research in Persian language.
Releasing four books attributed to the great Urdu poet, Gujral said "people of both the nations will always strive to preserve the treasure left by Ghalib."
Speaking on the occasion, Mohammad Ali Siddiqui from Pakistan said Ghalib whose poetry has surpassed time and space, will remain the poet of not only of 21st century but also of 22nd century. Sahitya Akademy Chairman Gopi Chand Narang eulogised the poet by saying the most quotable quotes even from the Parliamentarians come from Ghalib's ghazals.
In a jam-packed auditorium, the evening turned more colourful when Jagjit Singh began the sham-e-Ghazal programme with one of Ghalib's famous ghazals 'Hazaaron khwahish aisi, ke har khwahis pe dam nikle'.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1575812,00110005.htm
2 Comments:
All the persons awarded are tall personalities. Abid Suhail, I have met quite often on my visit to Lucknow. Now he has restricted himself to his house otherwise a couple of years ago his bookshop at Aminabad was a real hub of literary activity.
Kamal Ahmad Siddiqui, the contemporary of Majaz Lucknowi, Jazbi and all others is a big name. Fuzail Jafri may have criticised Faruqi Sahab but his work can not be ignored. I dont know why the name of Akhtar Saeed Khan who also got the award was not mentioned. After the demise of Umar Ansari, he is among the greatest living Urdu poet. A few octagenarian poets of Urdu-Persian like Saraswati Saran Kaif.
Great to see a blog being dedicated to the language. I have and will always remain a big fan of the language. As I have studied the language till 12 class, I consider myself extremely fortunate. I still remember the poetry of Ghalib that we used to have in "Gulistan Nasur wa Nazam" the JK Board syllabus book for 9th and 10th. I did see some blogs from the people from J&K as well.
I am looking for the people of Media (especially Radio Media) to help me in getting the audio of Vaital Pachese (Kashmiri version of Vikram and Vaital). If there is anybody who can help, please get back to me at kaulsanjay at the rate gmail dot com (writing the mail id in English to avoid the email address finders for spamming my mail box).
Thanks
Sanjay
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