Patiala News:Language Department Punjab organized Urdu Mushaira in memory of Sahir Ludhianvi

Every shade of Urdu poetry was seen during ‘Bazm-e-Shayari’

‘We are a people who have been corrupted by the chains of sin…’

The Language Department of Punjab organized an Urdu Mushaira under the banner of ‘Bazham-e-Shayari’ in the memory of the eminent poet Sahir Ludhianvi at Bhasha Bhawan here. In which renowned poets of the country performed. The Mushaira was presided over by the eminent poet Dr. Aziz Parihar and the Mushaira was conducted by Mr. Salman Syed who came from Delhi.

Director Languages S. Jaswant Singh Zafar said that the land of Punjab is very unique where many languages have originated. So, there are many similarities in the entire South Asia in terms of geography, linguistic, social and cultural aspects. The big thing is that our Gurus also created Sri Guru Granth Sahib by collecting verses from different places of this diverse region. Persian language had the status of the state language during the time of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Only after this, a harmonious language like Urdu was created with the combination of Persian and other languages. We should enjoy this beauty of ours and be proud of it.

The Mushaira was started by Zafar Ahmed Zafar from Malerkotla with the ghazal ‘Mere Dil Ki Arzoo..’. Then Parminder Shokh took a dig at the current social conditions with the ghazal ‘Na Tha Mahfooz Pehle Bhi Kahi Sach Bolne Wala..’. Mohammad Muazzam Saifi presented his poetry on the importance of daughters. Poet Shehnaaz Bharti from Chandigarh won a lot of praise by presenting three ghazals in Tarnam. Patiala poet Amardeep Amar captivated everyone with his poems. Muhtarma Muskan Majeed from Delhi recited a ghazal on the condition of daughters in today’s society. Amritpal Shaida gave a new color to the Mushaira by reciting shares and ghazals in a passionate style. Salman Syed spread colors of love and courage with poems like ‘Hum hai zanjiro ki khan khan ke pasade lok, teri pazeb ki chhan-chhan mein nahi aa sakte’. Poet Priyamvada Ilhan from Bikaner won a lot of praise by reciting ghazals that expressed the feelings of young hearts. Mukesh Alam from Ludhiana forced every audience to clap repeatedly by reciting poems like ‘Har baat sune itna mazubar nahi hai, yeh dil tera mashoor hai mazubar nahi hai’. Bilal Saharanpuri, by reciting poems like ‘Adab kehete hai jis ko wo va akhirari na ho jaye, mujhe daar hai mera lahija bi darbari na ho jaye’, made serious satire on the current politics and system of the country and took the poetry to the peak.

Dr. Aziz Parihar, who was presiding over the Mushaira, thanked the Language Department Punjab for the respect being given to Urdu language. He said that every color of Urdu Ghazal was seen in this Mushaira. He said that basically Urdu poetry is a great source of consciousness flow. It creates a feeling of seeing life from a new angle. Finally, he concluded the Mushaira with two Ghazals. The event, organized under the supervision of Satpal Singh Chahal, in-charge of Urdu section, was staged by Dr. Manjinder Singh, Research Officer. Finally, all the poets were honored with departmental shawls and books. On this occasion, SDM Gurdev Singh Dhamma, Padma Shri Pran Sabharwal, Assistant Director of Language Department Amarinder Singh, Sukhpreet Kaur, Surinder Kaur, Jaspreet Kaur and Devinder Kaur, Research Officer Dr. Santokh Sukhi, Shiromani poet Balwinder Sandhu, Dr. Amarjit Singh, Dr. Asha Kiran, Eng. Raminderjit Singh, former deputy director of the department Ashraf Mehmood Nandan, Eng. Amarjit Singh, Navdeep Mundi, Dr. Gursewak Lambi, Sukhwinder Singh Phul, poet Dr. Sandeep Sharma, Laxmi Narayan Bhikhi, actors Balwinder Bulat and Harshjot Kaur along with a large number of audience members were present.