Bunyad: A Journal of Urdu Studies
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جدید اردو غزل میں ہندی زبان کے اثرات : ایک جائزہ
No full textThe complexity of the Urdu language can be traced back to its origins where it gradually developed through the interaction between Persian speaking rulers. This particular dialect, affected with vocabulary from Arabic (evolving into classical Persian) commingled with local dialects of the Subcontinent to eventually take the form of a new language that acquired several names including Hindi, Dehlavi, etc., as it evolved. In its ‘Sanskritized’ form, it eventually came to be known as Hindi whereas in its ‘Persianized’ form it was known as Urdu. This paper studies the use of purely Hindi words in the ‘ghazal’, the popular poetic genre of Urdu, descended from the tradition of Persian literature
اقبال کا تصورِ وحدت الشہود/ ہمہ ازاوست
No full textThis is a first complete Urdu translation, along with references and notes, of Whittemore’s essay Iqbal’s Panentheism, that was first published in 1955 in the Review of Metaphysics (Tulane University, New Orleans). Whittemore discusses Iqbal’s idea and concept of the ‘Ultimate Reality’, using Iqbal’s lectures titled The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam as his basic source of study
سر سید احمد خاں کی قومی خدمات کا جوہر
No full textThis essay discusses the influence of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan’s movement. It particularly takes into account the importance that Sir Syed placed on scientific inquiry as well as his interpretation of several religious texts. The author discusses Syed’s influence on later generations of writers and intellectuals and its impact on subsequent socio-political developments in the subcontinent
تاریخ ادب اردو (انگریزی) مصنفہ علی جواد زیدی کا تحقیقی و تنقیدی جائزہ
No full textThis article critically reviews A History of Urdu Literature written in the English language by Ali Jawad Zaidi, published in 1993 by Sahitya Academy, Bombay (Mumbai), India. All thirty two chapters of the book are critically studied. The writer questions the sequence of the chapters and the subtitles as well as the facts presented in the book
منٹو کے چند غیر مدوّن خطوط
No full textLetters have always remained significant in the study and analysis of biographical data and works of renowned literary figures. Up till now, only about one hundred and fifty of Saadat Hasan Manto’s letters have been discovered and published, but it is believed that there were more. Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi published those letters of Manto which had been addressed to him, but in spite of his efforts could not manage to retrieve letters from other friends and acquaintances of Manto, letters which Qasmi had hoped to publish in another volume. This article sheds light upon the earlier publications of Manto’s letters and also presents some un-compiled letters of the author
ابن الوقت : ثقافتی شناخت کی تشکیل
No full textIdentity is the construction of the cultural process of a people, i.e. the social milieu in turn defines and shapes humans into the kinds of individuals they are. This shaping of identity is carried further and represented through the literature of a culture as well. It is the characters which come to stand for certain traits and the kinds of individuals which a particular culture consists of. This essay studies the characters of Nazir Ahmed’s Ibn al- Vaqt, juxtaposing them against each other, and exploring how their identities reflect post-1857 time in India
بھرے بھڑولے: پنجابی صوفی شعری روایت کے تناظر میں
No full textThis article reviews the collection of poems Bẖarē Bẖaṛolē by Wasif Ali Wasif. The poems in this collection are evaluated in the light of the Punjabi Sufi tradition of poetry with its own perception of the Ultimate Truth and its own range of metaphors and linguistic nuances
شعریاتِ اخترالایمان: عصری شعور اور بیانیے کا تفاعل
No full textUrdu poet and screenwriter, Akhtar-ul-Iman was an important contemporary of Rashed, Miraji and Faiz. He had a formative influence on Urdu nazm and won the Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue in 1963 and 1966. This article highlights the journey of his poetic consciousness as influenced by external factors, as well as his inner battles as a poet. The article takes into account the entire body of his poetic works, from the first collection published in 1941 to the last, published in 1997
شہری کلچر میں بڑھاپے کی تصویریں: بودلیٔر کی شاعری کے تناظر میں
No full textUrbanization has brought about progress for the human race at a certain cost. The constant, insatiable pursuit of physical comfort results in spiritual deprivation and loneliness, as well as a swifter aging process. Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867), a French poet, has made immense contributions to the Romantic genre, as well as offering critiques. The notion of aging in this urban culture, in particular, has been explored in several of Baudelaire’s poems. This article presents a study of some of these poems in the light of this theme
مصر کا منٹو
No full textThis essay presents a comparative study of the life and works of Egyptian writer and journalist Ihsan Abdul Quddus and the Pakistani, Urdu fiction writer, Saadat Hasan Manto. Having lived in the same time period, both writers appear to have shared numerous similarities in terms of social conditions as well as (thematic) choices in writing. The article makes a case for the idea that Quddus was indeed ‘the Manto of Egypt’