Imprints of Contemporaries on Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi

Ahmed Nadim Qasmi is a prominent personality of Urdu literature. Much has written about him. But still some hidden angels are there to be unveil. In thi article it has been analyzed that how Ahmed Nadim Qasmi was influenced by his contemporary literary figures. We have found a lot of examples that Ahmed Nadim Qasmi used to get inspiration from his close friends or literary mentores. This study will bring in light a new angle for studying Nadim’s art and thought. By using comparative analysis, examples from poetic and fictinal works of the contemporaries of Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi are brought forth to argue that Qasmi had a great ability to assimilate the tone, style and themes of other literati.  &nbsp

The Traits of New Poetry in the history of modern Urdu Poem

New poetry movement belongs to Lahore was an important literary movement started by a little group of poets in the prospect of social, economical &literary decline. This movement was a remarkable literary event of modern era , which enriched the urdu poetry specially poem by its originality , tools , ways of thinking and non traditional style of writing .The poets associated with New Poetry rejected the threadbare ways of art instead they regenerate the poetic, artistry and utopian atmosphere under their empiricism. Under the influence of worldwide literature and changes they demanded the new and extensive world of poets and poetry , in this way they got rid of traditions and set off for new poetic , social and inmost feeling . The combo and creation of these sentiments and experiences were so weired for old school, accustomed people that it creats vociferousness in the literary field but the New Poets didn’t give up. They continued their poetic journey on non traditional, single and novel ways of creation, as their style wasn’t accordance with the public mood & level they criticized and condemn by the critics, poets and readers despite of this , they open and iron out the modern literary ways and tools in urdu language and literature. They abundant the the urdu poem and open the doors for new horizons, the modern poem, prose poem even the modern short stories are the fruite of this movement , ambiguity was a great tool for New Poet’s creations and they used it skillfully and frequently, this tool widened the boundries of art and conception which inclined the readers towards modern literature. This article shows the affiliation and appropriation of New Poetry’s Movement in the history of urdu literature and introduce the position and status of this literary change

The Eternity of Cultural Values or Oppression of Identity

Spiritual, Materialistic and reflective values take its roots from the soil of social experiences. We can divide these values into the categories of universal, relative and native in literature and arts we also come across absolute, religious, secular, creative and artistic values. Those writers who want to educate their readers will never support that kind of absurdity which can ruin their cultural value patterns, albeit readers are free to adopt ways according to their mind sets.  From the same text one reader can learn moralistic values and other can embrace unethical ways suiting his behaviour. Every writer has the right of propagating his literary pursuits. Critics can point out weather these pursuits are meant for serving humanity or brutal social orders. The writer of this article supports spread of human values through literature and arts

Analytics of Some English Translations of Rashid’s Poem Saba Viraan

   Abstract:  Nazr Muhammad Rashid is a reliable name in Urdu poetry. The themes of his poems cover political and social issues apart from traditional romance. These problems are not the problems of any one region, but their nature is global. The journey of eastern nations from rise to decline, the reasons for this decline, the dominance of western colonialism and the possible aspects of escape from this situation are the special themes of his poems. At the same time, his poems justified their translation from Urdu language to international language due to their nobility. When English translations of his poems came out, his poetry became widely read. English translations of a few of his poems appeared in English journals, and this continued to grow until regular books of English translations of his poetry appeared. However, there is no real research about the standard of these translations. Based on this justification, this research has been done. "Saba Viran" is one of Rashid's most famous poems which has been translated by different translators in their own style. The paper presents a critical review of five English translations of this poem. &nbsp

The Finest Humorist in Urdu: Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi

Mushtaq  Ahmad Yusufi is a great  humourist of  the twentieth century. He has enriched his humour with sublime literary Armoury, which is enlightening the dark zones of our societal upheavals and inequalities. He  has elevated his humour by employing rich classical  diction, Magic and Artistry of  craft with all the artistic tools of  linguistic intricacies,  such as unique simlies, extended metaphors, deep rooted  Allusions self conflicting Paradoxes,  sharp edged vocabulary, with tongue  twisting phrases and proverbs. His highend witticism has enlivened the entire landseup of his humour with cultural richness and civilization depth of the East and the West.  His sense of humour has deep insights of Global vision with soft and fine connotations right from “Charagh  Tallay”   to “Abe gum”  His orbits of humour and witticism have constituted a galaxy  of  sparkling, playful, sprightly and refreshing wisdom with meritorious and artistic  command

The Role of Solitude in the Uniqueness of Nayyar Masud's Narrator

Nayyar Masud is one of the most influential fiction writers of modern Urdu Literature. Understanding his fiction has always been a challenge for critics.Urdu critics and some Western critics have tried their best to understand him. Some have compared him to Kafka, some to Borges.A great fiction writer has so many layers of meaning that it can be analyzed from many perspectives. In this article, Nayyar Masud is studied from the perspective of the narrator or protagonist. Solitude is the main problem of the narrator. When his family does not understand him, he creates his own world. He lives his life at every level parallel to the society and is satisfied. In this article we have discussed his different stories. Tried to analyze such characters. Tried to know the difference between loneliness and solitude.An attempt has been made to examine the reasons for the isolation of the characters in these stories and the changes that took place in their inner selves as a result.The story of Nayyer is not written on the basis of the main event but on the basis of how the narrator sees and experiences life. This is what we have tried to prove in this article

Alienation in the poems of Waheed Ahmad

Alienation refers to the state of mind of an individual in which he becomes indifferent to everything. He feels alone and helpless in the crowd of thousands and millions. Even the good or bad events in the society do not affect him. Alienation is a phenomenon of new industrial and modern world. In the race of development, man gradually got separated from this society. When man was separated from society, man began to journey towards him in solitude and found himself in a state of alienation. One of the main reasons of alienation is the social media. Despite having thousands of friends on social media, loneliness in real life causes alienation in a person. Dr. Waheed Ahmad is a prominent poet of contemporary Urdu poem. His three anthologies are published and appreciated. Alienation is the main theme of his poems

Pre-Pakistan Research Tradition of Urdu Humor and Staire

Apart from the senses, the aesthetic and the sense of humor are two special senses that distinguish humans from other animals. With the sense of aesthetics, a person feels the difference between beauty and ugliness, while with the ability of humor, he laughs and laughs. This process is called humor in literature. The process of literary research is indispensable to evaluating literature. Therefore, in this article, instead of the creative tradition, the research tradition of Urdu humor has been investigated. The special thing is that in the article, the tradition of Urdu humor and satire research has been tried in light of the tradition of literary research from the beginning to the establishment of Pakistan. The article presents the correlation and combination of Urdu literary research and humor and satire research

Exploring Classroom Practices for Developing Reading Fluency in Public Schools

Reading fluency remains the neglected skill in the research and practices in language teaching and learning. Only a few research documents the classroom practices for developing reading fluency in public schools of Punjab, Pakistan. Qualitative research was conducted in a public school in Punjab to explore classroom practices in developing reading fluency. The interview and focus group discussions best suited the objective to reveal the current practices. The bilingual data collected was analyzed on NVivo 12 for developing themes and sub themes. The data revealed that the focus of language teaching in public schools is translation and grammar. Reading a textbook lesson is generally done once that too along with translation either word to word or line wise. The two reading techniques practiced in the classes are echo reading and round robin reading but this reading is not ‘Only English’ text reading but always done with translation either after the teacher or independently by the students who learn translation by heart. The teachers realize that developing fluency is important to language learning but do not use any technique for developing reading fluency as teaching practices are exam-driven hence not only fluency but reading skill remains neglected in public school classrooms

Tehqeeqi-o-Takhliqi Zawiye of Dr. Nisar Turabi: An Analysis

Among elite contemporary literary figures, a high caliber personality Dr Nisar Turabi is glowing monument and guiding star with glorious achievements in poetry, criticism and research. His vision of aesthetics is reflective and dominated throughout in all his work. As a well- known critic, he is believed an authority on phenomenon of contribution. His books have earned a place of honour among theories of literary criticism. Contemporary issues of literature have enumerated a Dignified place of attention due to his contribution on social dilemma and remedial measures. The potential focus of this article is to analyses presently published book by Dr Nisar Turabi entitled, تحقیقی و تخلیقی زاویے؛. author has concluded that Dr Nisar Turabi is pulse feeler of scenario before us with in depth knowledge of cause and effect