To pay tribute to Gopi Chand Narang, the great litterateur of Urdu-Hindi literary world, a condolence meeting was organized at MP Urdu Academy on Thursday in which senior litterateurs and poets of Bhopal expressed their views on his personality and creativity.
On this occasion, Director of Madhya Pradesh Urdu Academy Nusrat Mehdi said that Prof Gopichand Narang’s literary services can never be forsaken. In recognition of his literary services, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan in the year 2004, the Sahitya Akademi in 1995 and the Ghalib Award in 1985.
Apart from this, he was honored with Iqbal Samman by MP Government in 2010 and Mir Taqi Mir Akhil Bhartiya Samman by MP Urdu Academy in the year 2016-17. His passing is indeed an irreparable loss to Urdu and Hindi language and literature. May God rest his soul in peace.
Nusrat Mehdi on behalf of Culture Minister Usha Thakur, Principal Secretary Shiv Shekhar Shukla and Culture Director Aditi Kumar Tripathi also presented Prof. Tributes were paid to Gopichand Narang. Senior poet Zafar Sahbai said that Prof. Gopichand Narang introduced Urdu criticism to new subjects.
Senior poet Iqbal Masood said that Prof. Gopichand Narang always used to encourage and encourage new writers, he achieved such ability in Urdu with his hard work and dedication that despite his mother tongue being Saraiki, he spoke such Urdu as the great speakers of Urdu could not speak.
Mahtab Alam, chief speaker of News18 Urdu said that Urdu literature has become colorless due to the departure of Gopichand Narang. Qamar Ali Shah, Sajid Premi, Mubarak Shaheen, Tasneem Raja, Ehsan Azmi, Siddiq Ahmed, Shoaib Ali Khan and Qamar Ghaus and staff of the Academy were present.