Madhya Pradesh Urdu Academy will be organising a two-day felicitation ceremony of national and regional level at State museum from August 26.
Addressing the mediapersons here on Tuesday, secretary of Madhya Pradesh Urdu Academy Nusrat Mehdi said, “We are felicitating Sadik with ‘Mir Taki Mir Samman’, Hakaki Al Kasmi with ‘Hakim Kamrul Hassan Samman’ for Urdu journalism, Kasim Niyaji with ‘Hamid Syed Khan Samman’ under national level award for year 2011-12.”
“Besides, we would also felicitate ‘Siraj Mir Khan Sahar Samman’, ‘Mohammed Ali Taj Samman’ ‘Kaif Bhopali Samman’ and others under regional level award,” he added.
While elaborating more about the programme Mehdi further said, “On second day i.e. 27 August, an Urdu Poets meet progamme would also organised in which some well-known shayars and poets from across country would participate.”
During the poets meet renowned poets and writers including Affaque Ahmed ali, Ali Abbas Umeed, Nasir Parwaj, Rasheed Indorie, Tilak Raj Paras, Taban Jiyai, Aaftab Aarif, Tahoor Mansoori Nigah, Kamaruddin Bartar, Mehtab Aalam, Anjum Barambankawi, and Anis Sultana and others will be participating.
During the programme some of the Urdu writers and scholars will be reciting their works. Also they will be delivering a peech over the works of other writers.
“Under this proagamme, Affaque Ahmed, Professor Haider Abbas Rijavi, Mahmood Sekh would deliver speech on Ismat Chutai and Rajendra Singh Bedi to mark the centenary of renowned author and playwright Ismat Chutai and Rajendra Singh Bedi,” she added.
The two day programme will be filled with the purity and innocence of Urdu language.