Bunyad: A Journal of Urdu Studies
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علامہ اقبال اور عطیہ فیضی: باہمی روابط کے دو تاریخ ساز اثرات
No full textAtiya Faizi was known for her exceptional intellectual faculties as well as her connections with renowned scholars and literati. Her relationship with Shibli Naumani (1857-1914) and Allama Iqbal(1877-1938) has always remained a subject of interest in literary circles. She met Iqbal in London where they were both pursuing their studies. Atiya is said to have influenced Iqbal into writing poetry in Persian and she was also his close confidante. Her book Iqbal is an important contribution to the field of Iqbal Studies. This essay studies the influence that Faizi had on Iqbal’s work and vice versa
سیرِ ملکِ اودھ" از یوسف خاں کمبل پوش "
No full text‘Sair-e-Mulk-e-Awadh’ is Yusuf Khan Kambalposh’s second travelogue, accounting travels within and around the state of Awadh. The manuscript was obtained from the Bodleian Library in Oxford, from the Indian Institute Collection. The manuscript was presented for this collection by Robert Keith Pringle (1802–1897) in 1879. This travelogue of 156 pages presents an interesting account of the diverging segments of society in the Lukhnow of that period. The text of the travelogue with a brief introduction and annotations has been reproduced here
Poetics of Cross-cultural Assimilation: A Study of Taufiq Rafat’s ‘Reflections’
Get PDF‘Reflections’ is one of Taufiq Rafat’s longest, most complex poems, with significant philosophical contours and symbolism. It is also the most important in a very personal sense. The author presents a study of this poem as based on three major themes: the concepts of Birth, Death and Rebirth, the relationship between life and art and the mystic apprehension of the artistic, poetic experience
اسرارِ خودی": ردّ عمل کی لہریں"
No full textAsrār-i Khudī was published in times that were tumultuous across the entire world. The Islamic world was economically impoverished and politically dominated by the West. Iqbal wanted to see these conditions transformed and this became the inspiration to create this book. Its publication led to a reactionary debate in which important and well-known figures of that period were involved, including, Khawaja Hasan Nizami, Zauqi Shah, Akbar Allahabadi, Dr. Abdur Rahman Bijnauri and Mohammad Ali Johar. This article reviews briefly this debate about the theme and content of the boo
موت کا زندگی سے مکالمہ: بلراج مین را کا افسانہ
No full textBalrāj Menra’s short story represents both the urban culture of Delhi and the rural culture of Punjab in general. He is thus believed to be a true representative of his time. He constructs his short story in an aura of surrealism and / or magical realism, depicting the layered and complex realities of the contemporary age. He considers this craft as one with painting, music or film. Many of his stories are almost a poetic rendering, differing however in his use of characters and situations to construct the narrative. He also uses some techniques of the visual arts in the construction of his stories. This article analyses in detail his art of writing the short story
معرکۂ اسرارِ خودی
No full textThis paper critically analyses the controversial critique that followed the publication of Iqbal’s Asrār-i Khudī. Iqbal became the target of severe criticism on the use of the word ‘Khudī’; he was accused of borrowing the concept from Nietzsche; his views about pantheism were slammed and considered a revolt against religion; his views about Plato and Hafiz were also harshly criticized. Iqbal responded to this criticism and defended his views with sound arguments. This article is a study of this entire debat
اردو افسانہ: نئے تناظر کی تلاش میں
No full textThis article presents a brief review of the last one hundred years of the Urdu short story. Tracing the evolving trends during this period, the writer focuses on the various aspects of the contemporary Urdu short story and specifically discusses the contributions of Intezār Husain, Qurat-al Ain Haider, Abdullāh Husain, Enver Sajjād, Khalida Husain, Asad Muhammad Khān, Hasan Manzar, Naiyer Masūd, Iqbal Majīd and Zakia Mashhadī
دکنی کی ایک نایاب مثنوی ظفر نامہ عشق
No full textThis article introduces ‘Zafarnāma-i ʿishq’, a Dakkanī long poem (maṡnavī), written in the Seventeenth Century by Syed Muzaffar Ibn Syed Ayub Shāh. Six manuscripts of this poem have so far been found. Two are in the library of Salār Jang in Hyderabad, one in the Andra Pradesh Oriental Manuscript Library and Research Centre and two in Anjuman-i Taraqqī-i Urdu, Karachi. This maṡnavī is also known by the name of ‘Qissa-i mehr-o-māh’
مجید امجد کی شاعری میں سماجی حسیت
No full textMajīd Amjad’s poetic journey spans a period of about forty two years. His was a period of changing value systems across the cultural milieu of the world. This greatly influenced poets and writers and gave way to newer trends in thought and expression. Majīd Amjad did not formally follow or represent any particular ideological group, but his poetry is immersed in the essence of his time and age. Themes of historical oppression, class discrimination, social and economic crises and adversities of war, all find way into his poetry. One of the many distinctive features of his expression is the keen sense of social awareness. He understands his environment through his own experiences. This article is an exploration of the melancholic elements found in Amjad’s poetry, elements which reflect a deep social consciousness