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Soon Shamim Karhani’s nationalist and revolutionary poetry started attracting the attention of both the people and the literati. His revolutionary ‘Nazms’ and ‘Naghmas’ (‘Geets’) were sung in the ‘Prabhat-Pheris’ taken out on the streets of cities like [[Lucknow]] and [[Varanasi]] during the freedom struggle. |
Soon Shamim Karhani’s nationalist and revolutionary poetry started attracting the attention of both the people and the literati. His revolutionary ‘Nazms’ and ‘Naghmas’ (‘Geets’) were sung in the ‘Prabhat-Pheris’ taken out on the streets of cities like [[Lucknow]] and [[Varanasi]] during the freedom struggle. |
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Shamim Karhani was a ''Ghazal-go'' (one who composes ‘Ghazals’), |
Shamim Karhani was a ''Ghazal-go'' (one who composes ‘Ghazals’),,<ref>Ali Anjum, Syed Khwaja: ''Shamim Karhani: Hayaat, Shaksiyat aur Shayari'', Syed Sikandar Ali & co., 1986.</ref> but he tried his hand on each and every genre of Urdu poetry and some of his compositions found a place in classic Urdu literature <ref>Gujral, I.K.: ''P.I.B. Press Release (Government of India)'', Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, 1975.</ref>. He has over a dozen books in his credit. He has composed (apart from ghazals) poems, ‘rubaees’, ‘qataat’, ‘geet’, elegies, ‘marsiyas’, ‘eulogies’ etc. |
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Shamim Karhani’s poem on [[Mahatma_Gandhi| Mahatma Gandhi's]] martyrdom entitled |
Shamim Karhani’s poem on [[Mahatma_Gandhi| Mahatma Gandhi's]] martyrdom entitled ''JAGAO NA BAPU KO NEEND AA GAYI HAI'' is regarded as one of the best poems composed on the topic.{{whom}} The above poem, composed just after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi had an emotional appeal and spread quickly.{{fact}} Once, Shamim Karhani had the opportunity to recite the poem in the presence of [[Jawaharlal_Nehru| Pandit Jawahar lal Nehru]]. Nehru was very impressed and asked him to come to Lucknow to recite his poems in Congress meetings. Later, after independence, Nehru asked Shamim to come to Delhi. He migrated to Delhi in 1950 and met Nehru at ‘Teen-Murti’. Nehru asked him to compose an epic in Urdu on the freedom movement of India and started giving him a stipend for the job from his personal pocket. He wrote in Shamim’s diary: |
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Shamim Karhani, was an Urdu poet of the twentieth century. He was born on the 8th of June 1913 in village 'Karhan' district Mau, U.P. His real name was ‘Syed Shamsuddin Haider’. He himself chose ‘Shamim Karhani’ as his pen name. Later, this pen-name of his became so well-known that once, at an interview, when he was asked his name, he himself had to pause for a moment to remember his real name.
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Life and India's Freedom Struggle
Shamim Karhani was a contemporary of poets such as Faiz Ahmed 'Faiz', Ali 'Sardar' Jafri, 'Majaz Lucknawi', Moin Ahsan ‘Jazbi’, and Ali 'Jawad' Zaidi. He belonged to a 'Zamindar' (Landlord) family, but being a revolutionary and a patriot,[1] he joined the freedom struggle through his writing. It was through this nationalist platform that he joined the progressive writers’ movement.
Soon Shamim Karhani’s nationalist and revolutionary poetry started attracting the attention of both the people and the literati. His revolutionary ‘Nazms’ and ‘Naghmas’ (‘Geets’) were sung in the ‘Prabhat-Pheris’ taken out on the streets of cities like Lucknow and Varanasi during the freedom struggle.
Shamim Karhani was a Ghazal-go (one who composes ‘Ghazals’),,[2] but he tried his hand on each and every genre of Urdu poetry and some of his compositions found a place in classic Urdu literature [3]. He has over a dozen books in his credit. He has composed (apart from ghazals) poems, ‘rubaees’, ‘qataat’, ‘geet’, elegies, ‘marsiyas’, ‘eulogies’ etc.
Shamim Karhani’s poem on Mahatma Gandhi's martyrdom entitled JAGAO NA BAPU KO NEEND AA GAYI HAI is regarded as one of the best poems composed on the topic.[according to whom?] The above poem, composed just after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi had an emotional appeal and spread quickly.[citation needed] Once, Shamim Karhani had the opportunity to recite the poem in the presence of Pandit Jawahar lal Nehru. Nehru was very impressed and asked him to come to Lucknow to recite his poems in Congress meetings. Later, after independence, Nehru asked Shamim to come to Delhi. He migrated to Delhi in 1950 and met Nehru at ‘Teen-Murti’. Nehru asked him to compose an epic in Urdu on the freedom movement of India and started giving him a stipend for the job from his personal pocket. He wrote in Shamim’s diary:
“A poet should make his life itself a poem. Shamim Karhani has sung of India’s freedom. I hope he will continue to do so and enjoy this freedom”
The ghazal that is considered as one of his best works[according to whom?] is faasla to hai magar koi faasla nahin. Singers like Jagjit Singh and Altaf Raja have sung this ghazal in their respective voices.
List of works
- Subh-i-Faaran (1974)
- Jaan-i-Biraadar (1973)
- Tameer (1948)
- Intekhaab-i-Kalaam-i-Shamim Karhani (1963)
- Zulfeqaar (1964)
- Aks-i-Gul (1962)
- Pushp Chhaya (Hindi translation of Aks-i-Gul)
- Main Bootarabi (1974)
- Kleet-i-Insha
- Burq-o-Baaran (1939)
- Harf-i-Neem Shab (1972)
- Roshan Andhera (1942)
- Taraaney (1944)
- Bad Chal Re Hindustan (1948)
Notes
- ^ Ali Anjum, Syed Khwaja: Shamim Karhani: Hayaat, Shaksiyat aur Shayari, Syed Sikandar Ali & co., 1986.
- ^ Ali Anjum, Syed Khwaja: Shamim Karhani: Hayaat, Shaksiyat aur Shayari, Syed Sikandar Ali & co., 1986.
- ^ Gujral, I.K.: P.I.B. Press Release (Government of India), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, 1975.
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