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Qashqa Khincha Dair Mein Baitha COLLECTION OF urduPOETRY ISBN13 9788192664897 AUTHOR EDITOR-FARHAT EHSAAS YEAR 2017

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Khwaja Haider Ali Aatish (1777-1847), who hailed from a Sufi family of Delhi, was born in Faizabad. After spending his adolescent years there, he shifted to Lucknow, which was then the goal of all literary dilettantes and masters. Neither associated with a court nor influenced by the privileged and the powerful, Aatish enjoyed his self-respect and courage of conviction. True to his spirit, he refused to be carried away by the splendour of the people in high places and preferred to lead the life of a liberal Sufi and devote himself to the vocation of poetry. Aatish was a disciple of Mus’hafi and wrote both in Persian and Urdu. He is, however, remembered for his Urdu poetry as his Persian poetry has remained untraceable. He was extremely resourceful with Urdu idioms and played on the softness of its tone. Striking a balance between the odds and the evens in his poetry, he was now spontaneous, now remote, now restrained, now sentimental, now ratiocinate, now mystical. His sincere sentiments and robust language blended well to create a condition of lasting appeal. Even while he maintained a uniform level of expression, he also turned wordy and flamboyant at times, but remained simple and eminently accessible. Aatish chose to philosophise on the pleasures of the flesh and delve deeper to discover the ecstatic moments of the union. The cumulative impact that Aatish creates is that of a poet who has a healthy attitude towards life and art and expresses himself with remarkable vigour and vitality. He brought life to bear upon art and art on life. He has left behind two deewaans that exemplify his independent and proud poetic stance.

रेख़्ता पब्लिकेशन से प्रकाशित पुस्तक ‘मुझ को मेरी याद आ रही है : फरहत एहसास’ इस दृष्टि से भी महत्वपूर्ण है कि इसमें 1973 से 2023 तक का उनका काव्य-संग्रह शामिल है। इसमें ग़ज़लें और कविताएँ सम्मिलित हैं, जिनमें जीवन की विषमताएँ, मानव मनोविज्ञान, भावनाएँ, व्यक्तिगत पीड़ा, सामाजिक विचलन, सामाजिक परिवर्तनों के साथ-साथ परंपराओं के प्रति विद्रोह की स्पष्ट झलक मिलती है। फरहत एहसास का जन्म 25 दिसंबर 1950 को बहराइच (उत्तर प्रदेश) में हुआ। अलीगढ़ मुस्लिम विश्वविद्यालय से शिक्षा प्राप्त करने के बाद वे उर्दू साप्ताहिक अख़बार ‘हजूम’ से जुड़े। उन्हें उर्दू, हिंदी, ब्रज, अवधी और अन्य भारतीय भाषाओं के साथ-साथ अंग्रेज़ी और पाश्चात्य साहित्य में भी दक्षता हासिल है। फरहत एहसास की शायरी जीवन की शायरी है। इसमें मानव मनोविज्ञान, भावनाओं और संवेदनाओं का हर पहलू जीवित महसूस होता है। पुरानी और जर्जर परंपराओं से विद्रोह उनकी शायरी की एक महत्वपूर्ण विशेषता है। उनके काव्य-संग्रह ‘मैं रोना चाहता हूँ’, ‘शायरी नहीं है यह’ और ‘क़श्क़ा खींचा देर में बैठा’ इसी कड़ी के महत्वपूर्ण हिस्से हैं।

Insha Allah Khan (1752-1817), better known by his pen name of Insha, was born in Murshidabad, where his father, Mir Masha Allah khan, a royal physician and also a poet, had migrated from Delhi following the decline of the Mughal Empire and received the patronage of Nawab Sirajuddaulah. Insha received his early education and advice on his poetry mostly from his father. Later, his father brought him back to the court of Shah Alam II in Delhi who valued his poetry, his verbal dexterity, and his ready wit. With the fall of Delhi durbar, Insha migrated to Lucknow where he joined the court of Nawab Mirza Sulaiman Shikoh, a poet and a patron of poets, and became his favourite to the extent that the nawab replaced his mentor Ghulam Hamdani Mus’hafi and appointed Insha in his place. This led to a legendry rivalry between these two major poets of the age which subsequently became a part of the Urdu’s literary history. As Insha was a sociable person and wanted to explore better opportunities in life, he also developed a good relationship with Nawab Sa’adat Yaar Khan. However, his acerbic tongue and derisive remarks, which he made without much consideration, landed him in disfavour with his patrons and contemporary poets. With the seizure of stipend from his patrons and left with no sources of sustenance in the later period of his life, Insha lived a life of misery in Lucknow where he died and lies buried. Insha was a remarkable polyglot and had a unique expertise in various languages and dialects like Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Punjabi, Pushto, Marathi, Kashmiri, Poorabi, Rekhti, Marwari, and Hindi. He could also compose verses in them. He is regarded as the first author of a complete Persian grammar of the Urdu language, titled Daryaa-i-Lataafat. He also wrote a fascinating fictional narrative titled Raani Ketaki ki Kahaani that contained not a single word of Arabic or Persian. It is also the earliest work of Urdu prose. Endowed with unique resourcefulness with the written word, he could appropriate a great variety of ideas, events, and anecdotes into his poetry. Insha has left behind his works in various forms and genres of ghazal, qasida, and mathnawi in Persian and Urdu, as well as miscellaneous poetical compositions in the forms of hamd, naat, manqabat, qita, rubai, hajw, and riddles.

Momin Khan Momin (1800-1852), whose father and grandfather were court physicians, was born, educated, and settled in Delhi. He received his education at the famous Shah Abdul Qadir’s school under the coveted guidance of Shah Abdul Aziz, a celebrated theologian and reformer of his times. Momin had broader exposure to a variety of disciplines and languages, including Arabic, Persian, Urdu, medicine, mathematics, and astrology. Music and chess were the other areas of his keen interest, which he cultivated with care. Momin was essentially a poet of earthly love, which he expressed best in the form of a ghazal. The lover in his poetry is one of amorous disposition; he represents love along with lust, and lust as a part of life’s romance. As Momin dwelt upon the psychology of the lover, he explored his moods and reflexes, as also his erotic tendencies. In celebrating romantic love in all its manifestations, he drew upon the purity of diction, deeply nuanced phrases, and indirect modes of expression. All these made way, sometimes, for a metaphysical apprehension of the phenomenon of love and the figure of the lover. Momin was an aesthete; he personalised his material, which distinguished him from many other poets who objectified it. Apart from his Urdu divaan, Momin has also left behind a Persian divaan and prose works.

प्रस्तुत किताब रेख़्ता नुमाइन्दा कलाम’ सिलसिले के तहत प्रकाशित प्रसिद्ध उर्दू शाइर फ़रहत एहसास का ताज़ा काव्य-संग्रह है| 'क़श्क़ा खींचा दैर बैठा' आज के नुमाइन्दा शाइ'र फ़रहत एहसास का ताज़ा ग़ज़ल-संग्रह है जिसमें उनकी क़लंदरी, बेबाकी और बज़्ला सन्जी खुलकर सामने आती है| उनकी दिलचस्पियाँ सिर्फ़ शाइ’री तक सीमित नहीं हैं बल्कि संस्कृति , सभ्यता, इति हास, धर्म-शास्त्र, अध्यात्म, मौसीक़ी और फ़लसफ़े पर उनसे बात-चीत एक रौशनी अ’ता करती है। यह किताब उनसे बिना मिले उस रौशनी में नहाने का एक भरपूर मौक़ा' है|यह किताब देवनागरी लिपि में प्रकाशित हुई है और पाठकों के बीच ख़ूब पसंद की गई है|

Syed Wali Mohammad, known as Nazeer Akbarabadi, is the only poet of his kind in Urdu for a variety of reasons. He was born in 1735 in Delhi. There was a huge celebration at his birth, as he was his parents' only male child, born after twelve daughters. He was brought up with great care, and his mother took him to Agra when Delhi fell into bad days. Nazeer received his early education in Agra. He belonged to a prosperous family and led his childhood and early life in comfort. Following the usual practice of the day, he trained himself as a soldier. He was deeply interested in sports also. When it was time to choose a profession to earn a livelihood, he chose to become a teacher and began teaching children in Mathura. It is said that he was a teacher to the six children of Raja Vilas Rao. Later, the raja of Bharatpur and the nawab of Lucknow, Wajid Ali Shah, wanted to enrol him in their courts, but Nazeer did not agree to leave his place. Nazeer was a contemporary of Meer, Sauda, Jurat, Insha, and Mushafi, who stood as the vanguard of classical Urdu poetry, with the ghazal as the most prestigious form of poetic expression. Nazeer opened up entirely new avenues for Urdu poetry as he chose his material from life brilliantly spread all around. There is hardly any aspect of secular life that did not engage his attention. He wrote poems on all religious festivals, communal events, carnivals, sports, hobbies, and scenes and scenarios of common life, which none had done before him. He evolved a diction that was entirely new for the kind of poems he wrote. There is a general misconception that Nazeer wrote only on folk life and its various manifestations, but he also wrote highly sophisticated, Persianised, and creatively rich ghazals, which place him among the elite poets of Urdu.

Mohammad Ibrahim Zauq was one of the most acclaimed Urdu poets and a shayar laureate of the Mughal Court in Delhi. His father was a humble soldier in the Mughal army and could provide only a basic education to Zauq. He was sent to an elementary religious school, where he developed an interest in Urdu poetry. His flair was further honed under the mentorship of the famous poet Shah Nasir. Zauq was introduced to the Mughal Court through his friend, and thereafter, he became the guide to Bahadur Shah Zafar. He served as the poet laureate of the Mughal Court until 1854, the year of his passing. Zauq was a major contemporary of Ghalib, and in the history of Urdu sher-o-shayari, the rivalry of the two poets is widely known. When he was alive, Zauq’s popularity exceeded that of Ghalib, for the critical values in those days were mainly confined to judging a piece of poetry on the play of words, phrases and idioms. Matter and flair were barely taken into account while relishing poetry. The credit for Zauq’s reputation in Urdu poetry goes to his eulogies, which reflect his command of the language and his expertise in composing poetry in extremely difficult meters.

The world of urduGhazal is an enchanting and magnificent one. Many poetry enthusiasts are attracted to this genre of poetry, but can’t find a source to help them understand Ghazal's fundamental and foundational concepts. This book is specially intended for such readers. The book discusses the history of the urduGhazal, The structural nuances of the Ghazal, and its poetics. Also, a selection of 50 Ghazals with commentary is included at the end for readers.

The book “Mujh Ko Meri Yaad Aa Rahi Hai: Farhat Ehsaas,” published by Rekhta Publications, is also significant because it includes his poetic works from 1973 to 2023. It contains both ghazals and poems that vividly reflect life's unevenness, human psychology, emotions and feelings, personal anguish, social deviations, societal changes, and a clear spirit of rebellion against tradition. Farhat Ehsaas was born on 25 December 1950 in Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh). After completing his education at Aligarh Muslim University, he became associated with the urduweekly newspaper “Hujuum.” He has proficiency in Urdu, Hindi, Biraj, Awadhi, and various other Indian languages, as well as in English and Western literature. The poetry of Farhat Ehsaas is poetry of life itself. Every aspect of human psychology, emotions, and feelings appears to breathe within it. Rebellion against long-standing and worn-out traditions is an important characteristic of his poetry. His poetry collections “Main Rona Chahta Hoon,” “Shaayari Nahin Hai Yeh,” and “Qashqa Kheencha Dair Mein Baitha” are significant links in this continuum.

The book “Mujh Ko Meri Yaad Aa Rahi Hai: Farhat Ehsaas,” published by Rekhta Publications, is also significant because it includes his poetic works from 1973 to 2023. It contains both ghazals and poems that vividly reflect life's unevenness, human psychology, emotions and feelings, personal anguish, social deviations, societal changes, and a clear spirit of rebellion against tradition. Farhat Ehsaas was born on 25 December 1950 in Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh). After completing his education at Aligarh Muslim University, he became associated with the urduweekly newspaper “Hujuum.” He has proficiency in Urdu, Hindi, Biraj, Awadhi, and various other Indian languages, as well as in English and Western literature. The poetry of Farhat Ehsaas is poetry of life itself. Every aspect of human psychology, emotions, and feelings appears to breathe within it. Rebellion against long-standing and worn-out traditions is an important characteristic of his poetry. His poetry collections “Main Rona Chahta Hoon,” “Shaayari Nahin Hai Yeh,” and “Qashqa Kheencha Dair Mein Baitha” are significant links in this continuum.

विनोद कुमार शुक्ल समकालीन कविता के संसार में उन थोड़े से ऐसे कवियों में शुमार हैं जिन्होंने समकालीन कविता की दिशा और दृष्टि को काफ़ी हद तक नियंत्रित किया है। उनकी इस हैसियत को हिन्दी में लगभग सभी कवियों ने स्वीकार किया है।

काव्याभिव्यक्ति में मित कथनों का जितना सार्थक प्रयोग वे करते हैं, उतना शमशेर ही कर पाते थे। शब्दों को कम से कम ख़र्च करके कैसे अर्थ के भंडार को समेटा जाए इसे सीखने के लिए विनोद कुमार शुक्ल की कविता काम की चीज़ है।

उनकी कविता नितांत समसामयिक होकर भी समयातीत लगती है। वह पीछे भी देखती है और आगे भी, पर उल्लेखनीय बात यह है कि वह अपने समय में धँसी होने के बावजूद अपने समय में फँसती नहीं है। उनके काव्यबोध में जो अचूक क़िस्म की पारदर्शी सूक्ष्मता है, वह कई लोगों को जटिलता, रूपवाद, कलावाद का अवतार लगती है लेकिन रूपवादी कविता है नहीं। काव्य-प्रयोगों के लिए उनसे बड़ा कवि आज कम से कम हिन्दी में दिखाई नहीं देता

वे विचारधारा के पुल से होकर रास्ता तय करने वाले कवि नहीं हैं, बल्कि वे कविता की नदी को ख़ुद तैर कर पार करने वाले कवि हैं। कम से कम उनके लम्बे कवि-कर्म का संघर्ष यही प्रतिमान हमारे सामने रखता है। वे हिन्दी कविता के संसार में उन थोड़े से कवियों में हैं जिन्होंने चालू मुहावरे को तोड़कर अपनी कविता में संवेदना और काव्य-शिल्प के लिए अनोखा आयाम चुना है। अपनी काव्यभाषा के चुनाव में वे जितने विरल, संयमी और जागरूक कवि हैं, उतने कम ही कवि रहे हैं। यह उनकी चुनिन्दा कविताओं का संकलन है।

बिगड़ते पर्यावरण की समस्या आज मनुष्य के लिए भूख के बाद दूसरी सबसे बड़ी समस्या है। भूख जिस तरह एक देह के अस्तित्व के लिए आसन्न ख़तरा होती है, उसी तरह पर्यावरण-विनाश सृष्टि के अस्तित्व के लिए होता है। एक-एक व्यक्ति के रूप में जी रहे हम लोगों की आँखों से वह ख़तरा भले ही इतने स्पष्ट और ठोस रूप में न दिखाई देता हो, और भले ही हम बीच-बीच में प्रकृति द्वारा दी जानेवाली चेतावनियों को नज़रअन्दाज़ करने की ढीठता भी जुटा लेते हों, लेकिन जल, ज़मीन, हवा और हरियाली का सतत क्षरित होता जीवन उन निगाहों से अनचीन्हा नहीं रह जाता जो प्रस्तुत उल्लास की झीनी चदरिया के पार दूर क्षितिज के धुँधलके में लिखी जा रही नाश-विनाश की पटकथाओं की पंक्तियाँ पढ़ लेती हैं, यानी कवियों और रचनाशील हृदयों की निगाहें। यह पुस्तक प्रकृति और कवि के इसी अपने, और समाज की रिश्तेदारियों के धोखादेह प्रपंच से परे, उनके निहायत पवित्र और निजी रिश्ते का दस्तावेज़ है। पाठकगण इस किताब को सरकारों और संस्थाओं के रस्मी पर्यावरण-प्रेम और शुष्क रुदन के काव्यानुवाद के रूप में न लें। यह समष्टि-मन के रचनाकुल और ईमानदार स्नायुओं की पीड़ाजनित प्रतिक्रियाओं का संकलन है जिसमें हिन्दी के नए-पुराने, वरिष्ठ, श्रेष्ठ और सजग रचनाकारों ने प्रकृति के साथ अपनी सम्बन्ध-यात्रा के सबसे चिन्तित क्षणों को वाणी दी है। संग्रह में एक सौ एक समकालीन कविताएँ और पैंतालीस कवि शामिल हैं। कौन छोटा है, कौन बड़ा है, यह सवाल अप्रासंगिक है। क्योंकि कविता का विषय महत्त्वपूर्ण है, समस्याओं की भयंकरता प्रासंगिक है। एक ही त्रासदपूर्ण मुद्दा सबके लिए महत्त्वपूर्ण है। सब में आशंकाएँ हैं तो साथ ही आशाएँ भी हैं। प्रकृति की आसन्न मृत्यु पर चीख़ने के बजाय प्रतिरोध खड़ा करना ये रचनाकार अपना दायित्व समझते हैं।

Age group 9-12 years कथा शुरू ऐसे होती है ……….एक है घोड़ा दो सवार हैं ….तीन लोक के चार द्वार हैं। यह अपनी हरियाली के लिये अपना बादल आप बनाने के सफर का किस्‍सा है। भटक भटक के किस्‍से किस्‍से जमा किए बादल के हिस्‍से वरुण ग्रोवर ने इस लम्‍बी कविता में ऐसी भाषा, बिम्‍ब और लय अपनाये हैं कि पुराने समय की खोजी यात्राएँ साकार होने लगती हैं। और वह यात्रा भी जो यात्रियों में अपने समय को समझने के लिए चलती है। इसमें एलन शॉ के चित्रों का वैविध्‍य बेमिसाल है। चित्रों में माया सभ्‍यता से लेकर अब तक के आम इंसान हैं। सब अपने-अपने तरीकों से अपने बादलों की खोज में दिखाई देते हैं। जैसे यह इंसानी सभ्‍यता की अनवरत खोज है। इस तरह किताब में दो कविताएँ हैं। दूसरी कहें कि पहलीॽ कि पहले के भी पहले की कविता, एलन शॉ की है।

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This book is the third collection of poems by Ameer Imam. His poetry points towards new dimensions and perspectives of life. He is well-versed in the art of capturing unique themes in his verses and expressing fresh ideas. His apt use of similes and metaphors reflects the depth of his creative and individualistic mind. Ameer Imam hails from Sambhal, a city in Uttar Pradesh. He was born on 30th June 1984. He holds a Master’s degree in English and is presently engaged in the teaching profession. Ameer Imam is regarded as a representative poet of his generation. His poetry beautifully blends art and imagination. Two of his poetry collections, Naqsh-e-Pa Hawaon Ke and Subah Bakhair Zindagi, have been published and highly appreciated in literary circles. His first collection, Naqsh-e-Pa Hawaon Ke, was honored with the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar.

बीसवीं सदी के तीसरे दशक से लेकर नौवें दशक की शुरुआत तक कवि भवानी प्रसाद मिश्र की अनथक संवेदनाएँ लगातार सफ़र पर रहीं।

हिन्दी भाषा और उसकी प्रकृति को अपनी कविता में सँजोता और नए ढंग से रचता यह कवि न केवल घर, ऑफ़ि‍स या बाज़ार, बल्कि समूची परम्परा में रची-पची और बसी अन्तर्ध्‍वनियों को जिस तरकीब से जुटाता और उन्हें नई अनुगूँजों से भरता है, वे अनुगूँजें सिर्फ़ कामकाजी आबादी की अनुगूँजें नहीं हैं, उस समूची आबादी की भी हैं जिसमें सूरज, चाँद, आकाश-हवा, नदी-पहाड़, पेड़-पौधे और तमाम चर-अचर जीव-जगत आता है। स्वभावत: इस सर्जना में मानव-आत्मा का सरस-संगीत अपनी समूची आत्मीयता और अन्तरंगता में सघन हो उठा है। कविता में मनुष्य और लोक-प्रकृति और लोक-जीवन की यह संयुक्त भागीदारी एक ऐसी जुगलबन्दी का दृश्य रचती है जिसे केवल निराला, किंचित् अज्ञेय और यत्किंचित् नागार्जुन जैसे कवि करते हैं।

कविता के अनेक रूपों, शैलियों और भंगिमाओं को समेटे यह कवि पारम्परिक रूपों के साथ-साथ नवीनतम रूपों का जैसा विधान रचता है, वह उसकी सामर्थ्‍य की ही गवाही देता है। मुक्त कविता, गीत-ग़ज़ल, जनगीत, खंडकाव्य, कथा-काव्य, प्रगीत कविता के साथ उसकी सीधी-सादी प्रत्यक्ष भावमयी शैली के साथ आक्रामक, व्यंग्य और उपहासमयी, सांकेतिक और विडम्बनादर्शी भंगिमाएँ भी यहाँ मौजूद हैं। कई एक साथी कवियों में जैसी एकरसता देखी जाती है, भवानी प्रसाद मिश्र ने उसे अपनी भंगिम-विपुलता और शैली-वैविध्य से बार-बार तोड़ा है।