Sept 01 , 2015
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Qasmi’s thought-provoking ghazals in one book
Dr Naheed selects 112 ghazals from eight books of late poet
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ISLAMABAD – The National Book Foundation (NBF) has published Urdu book – Muntakhab Ghazlain – Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi – consisting of 189 pages.It has been compiled by a well-known writer Dr Naheed Qasmi who selected 112 the most popular and thought provoking ghazals of Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi out of his eight poetry books such as Jalal-o-Jamal, Shola-e-Gul, Dasht-e-Wafa, Moheet, Dawaam, Lauh-e-Khaak, Baseet and Arz-o-Sama.
The flaps contain the opinions of Firaq Gorakhpuri, Dr Akhtar Hussain Raipuri, Dr Abid Raza Bedaar and Josh Maleeh Abadi. The compiler has dedicated this book to Urdu Ghazal and expressed her special thanks to the late Qasmi, Dr Inam ul Haq Javeid, the National Book Foundation and the Urdu language.
Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi was a legendary and major literary figure in contemporary Urdu literature and there are more than 50 books on his credit. He had a long career as a writer and editor for half a century. Qasmi edited several prominent literary journals including Phool, Thezeeb-e-Niswaan, Adab-i-Lateef, Savera, Naqoosh and his own journal Funoon.
– Glowing tribute to Qasmi’s literary work –
Dr Naheed has mentioned the difficulties she faced while selecting a limited number of Qasmi's ghazals out of thousands, but she did it in a very befitting manner. Prof Dr Inam ul Haq has paid rich and glowing tribute to the literary work of the late Qasmi and applauded his great services in the fields of poetry, fiction, criticism, journalism and art. He has also showed his recognition to the efforts done by Dr Naheed Qasmi to compile this book.
This beautiful compilation is very useful for students of Urdu literature, teachers, researchers and the lovers of Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi. The book fulfills the main objectives of the foundation to provide useful, fruitful, informative and low priced quality books to the books lovers. This book is now available at all main stores.
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