Culture Minister laxmikant Sharma felicitated Urdu litterateurs at Mulla Ramoozi Sanskriti Bhavan here on Wednesday. It is for the first time in Madhya Pradesh that so many Urdu litterateurs of Bhopal and State were honoured at a single ceremony.
Sharma said that it is proposed to double pension of litterateurs facing financial difficulties. The function was organised in memory of Allama Iqbal by Sahitya Akademi of Madhya Pradesh Sanskriti Parishad’s Allama Iqbal Division.
He said that a collection comprising one poem each of littérateurs felicitated on Wednesday will be published. He informed that pension is being given to 66 Urdu litterateurs of above 60 years of age.
He said that litterateurs will be felicitated every year. He said that convening of litterateurs’ panchayat will also be considered.
Sharma said that Hindi and Urdu are sisters. Efforts should be made to enrich both languages. He said that Mushairas are being held at Bhopal and other places in the State to popularise Urdu.
Former MP Kailash Sarang said that Minister laxmikant Sharma has introduced novel works in all his departments. He referred to Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Buddhist University and Mukhyamantri Tirth-Darshan Yojana.
Shri Sarang said that Urdu is not the language of any
particular community, but of entire India.
Sahitya Akademi Director Tirubhuvan Nath Shukla informed that literary Gazetteer of all districts in the state is being prepared. It will contain entire information about literature, art and culture of districts.
Those felicitated on the occasion included Mateen Shaheed, Devi Saran, Syed Akhtar Hasan (Master Akhtar), Qasim Niyazi, Prof Abdul Majeed Khan, Prof Nizam Ahmad Qureshi, Zafar Nasimi, Ashraf Nadeem, Nusrat Bano Roohi, Qayyum Javed, Prof Afaq Ahmad, Prof. Saeed Akhtar, Idris Moonis, Kamil Behzadi, Kailash Sarang, Iqbal Majeed, Prof Azhar Rahi, Kausar Siddiqui, Tarzi Bhopali, Mushtaq Walid, Zauqi Bhopali, Hasan Zaheer, Bashir Badra, Arman Akbarabadi and Prof Bilqis Jahan of Bhopal, Shafi Hidayat Qureshi of Datia, Naiyyar Damohi of Damoh, Qamar Gwaliori, Vaquar Siddiqui, Qasim Rasa, Shakil Gwaliori and Naseem Rifat of Gwalior, Shan Fakhri, Saifi Sironji, Nafees Taqi and Mohammad Hanif Dard Sironji, Mohiuddin Anjum, Ismail Sahil, Anwar Ziai, Maulana Saeed Akhtar and Mukhtar Shamim of Sironj, Saghir Riyaz, Arshad Jabalpuri, Abdul Hannan Tabassum of Jabalpur, Nisar Malwi of Vidisha, Aziz Indori, Yaqub Saqi, Narendra Veermani, Rasheed Indori, Naseer Indori, Naseer Ansari and Asar Indori of Indore, Aziz Farooqi of Sehore, Siraj Ansari and Makhdoom Jabir Burhani of Burhanpur, Asim Ujjaini and Akhtar Gwaliori of Ujjain, Abrar Naghmi of Raisen, Tahir Ali Tahir of Sheopur Kalan, Safdar Raza Khandwi of Khandwa and Raisuddin Faizi of Kurwai.Manohar Keshav and Akhtar Kanpuri could not attend the function due to inevitable reasons.
Noted singer Zameer Khan and party sang poems of Allama Iqbal on the occasion.