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Urdu poetry blurs borders at Shankar-Shad
'mushaira'
Saturday March 24, 2012 09:16:02 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Four
poets from Pakistan and India read contemporary Urdu poetry at the
48th Shankar Shad Mushaira here Saturday in an attempt to further
cultural and literary ties between India and Pakistan and raise
awareness about Urdu poetry among school children.
The poets included Zehra Nigah and Fatima Hassan from Pakistan and
Anwar Jalalpuri and Malikzada Manzoor Ahmad from India.
The Shankar Shad Mushaira, an initiative of the DCM Shriram Group,
has been promoting Urdu mushaira as a genre of literature and oral
art since 1953 and encouraging poets from India and Pakistan to
take part.
Madhav B. Shriram, chairman of the Mushaira Organising Committee
said: "Our commitment is towards the language and to take it to
the masses, through various means. We reiterates our love for Urdu
language with various events."
He said he was thankful to the followers of Urdu poetry for their
love and passion they have exhibited by attending the mushaira
every year.
"This year, we have webcast the mushaira live on our website (www.dcmushaira)
for the first time," he said.
Urdu poetess Zehra Nigah, who lives in Karachi, said Urdu 'shayari
(poetry)' and 'mushaira' have been witnessing a revival in the
last decade among the younger generation in both India and
Pakistan".
"In Karachi, school and college students often walk up to me with
questions about 'shayari' and the culture of 'mushaira'. I often
visit a youth organisation in Karachi, 'Second Floor' - dedicated
to the promotion of Urdu poetry and 'mushaira'- to talk to them
about the Urdu literary traditions. Nearly 100 students keep the
organisation alive," Nigah told IANS.
Nigah will visit "Attic", the Indian counterpart of the "Second
Floor" in the capital later in the week.
The poetess, who writes contemporary poetry addressing political
and social issues, said: "Urdu poetry has changed over the century
to become more relevant".
But youngsters in Paksitan still want to listen to "old poetry by
Ghalib, Mir and Kabir Das", she said.
Fatima Hassan, from Pakistan, has been writing Urdu poetry since
1953 and has published three collections of poems. She campaigns
for equal rights for women and recognition of women 'shayars'
through her poetry.
"Pakistan has many vocal Urdu poets who write about feminism,
freedom, gender, taboos, culture, change and society. Women are
gradually coming out of the confines of their homes to write about
contemporary issues in their poetry. Earlier, the social system
was such that women couldn't come out," Hassan told IANS.
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