Tilok Chand Mehroom
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Tilok Chand Mehroom (1885-1996) (Urdu: تلوك چند محروم ) was a famous Urdu poet of India.
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[edit] Early life
Mehroom was born in Mianwali District, Punjab, India (now Pakistan) into a Hindu family.[1] After earning his B.A. he joined, in 1908, the Mission High School at Dera Ismail Khan as a teacher of English.By the 1940s he was a widely-recognized master of Urdu poetry and was Professor of Urdu Literature at Gordon College, Rawalpindi.His son Jagannath Azad was also a prominent poet and wrote Pakistan's first National Anthem on the request of Mohammed Ali Jinnah. After the partition of India, Mehroom and his son were forced to move to Delhi.[1]
[edit] Poetry
Early in life, after the death of his beloved wife, Mehroom was inspired to write poems reflecting his disenchantment with the ephemerality of life and the instability of relationships.[1] The most famous of these poems is Ashk-e-Hasrat, which is part of his larger collection Toofan-e-Ghum.[1] Tilok Chand Mehroom's first major publication was named Ganj-e-Maani.[1] This publication contained a rich variety of 175 nazms, besides rubaies, qasidas, sehras, and nohas.[1] Art critics like Niaz Fatehpuri, Muhammad Iqbal, Firaq, Kaifi, Josh Malsiani and Ejaz Hussain have admired his poetry.[2]
[edit] Famous Works
- Ganj-e-Maani[1]
- Rubaiyat-e-Mehroom[1]
- Karwan-e-Watan[1]
- Nairang-e-Maani[1]
- Shola Nawa[1]
- Aks-e-Jameel[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Tilok Chand Mehroom (1885-1966)". Urdu Net. http://www.urdunet.com/englishadab/urduadab/biographies/tilok.htm. Retrieved 2007-10-26.
- ^ "Tilok Chand Mehroom". CSCS. http://www.cscsarchive.org/MediaArchive/Library.nsf/(docid)/E02117C8DE1706B465257138001A2F7F?OpenDocument&StartKey=Tilok&count=10. Retrieved 2007-10-26.
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