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PRESENT STATUS:
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Permanent Faculty in Department of Urdu, Faculty of
Humanities Kirori Mal College, (North Campus)
University of Delhi, Delhi – 110007.
PRESENT ACTIVITIES:
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
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Permanent Faculty in Department of Urdu, Faculty of
Humanities Kirori Mal College, (North Campus)
University of Delhi, Delhi – 110007 since
six years.
FOREIGN JOURNEY:
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I visited two different renowned countries
Turkey and Pakistan and attended two literary International seminar
/symposium/ conference regarding Urdu writers/and language –literature which contribute
majorly in my academic curriculum.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
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I am teaching in
the esteem college of University of Delhi, and stand as not only one of the world’s
leading researcher, social scientists, distinguished scholar, freelancer, pre-eminent
critic of Urdu and Professor, but also make an endeavour to find out some
literary truth through my research. My feeling is that research is the purest
blessing in the past years after my M.A. in Urdu. First I did M. Phil and Ph.
D both and then I remained post doctoral fellow of the Indian council of
historical research (entitle “A Study of Hindu-Muslim Relations around
Partition as reflected in Saadat Hasan Mantos Stories”.) and ministry of
tourism and culture Government of India (for the topic of “Folk Literature
in Urdu and Hindi”) for a period of four years. I am founder of a decade
institution at my native land which these days play key role in that vicinity
for spreading value based education. I edited so many legendary trend-setting literary journal
launched by well versatile scholar
Recipient of many national and international awards; I am associated with a world
fame learned academic societies that called united religion initiatives,
research and educational institutions, in various capacities over past decade and want to be a truly iconic figure
across the world.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE / ASSIGNMENT
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I worked as a Teacher-in-charge in my Department during
the academic year 2010-2011& 2011-2012, for a period of two years. In
inclusion, I edited college magazine out-look (Urdu section); I also worked a
member in different committees/societies of the college constituted by the
staff council of the Kirori Mal, College, University of Delhi, like- canteen
committee, B.A. Progremme. Committee, fee concession committee, sports
committee, standing committee for the admission in the different courses like
B.A, B. Sc, B.Com (H) and B.A, B. Sc, B.Com Programme first year, library
committee, and departmental staff council committee etc.
CAREER PROFILE
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Teaching and
working for the Promotion of Urdu language and literature as ability all over
the World, Submitted
so many projects to different Institutions for post doctoral works on
different topics, and applied in India and abroad. In addition, couples of
synopsis are submitted to the University Grand Commission for major project.
And SAP project for the department respectively.
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT:
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As Member of Committee of Courses of the Department of
Urdu, I actively participated in all deliberations of the Committee for
revision and updating of syllabi including preparation of the Syllabus for
implementation of semester system at graduate level. As Teacher Incharge in
Kirori Mal College I first took the initiative of converting our yearly
lectures on syllabus i.e. “Nesabi Lectures” into a symposium and workshop on
“New Syllabus as per semester system” which was sponsored by NCPUL, N. Delhi.
All Urdu teachers of Delhi University and different colleges actively
participated in the day-long deliberations on the revision and updating of
the syllabus as per implementation of semester system. The gathering resulted
in formation of committees to draft the new syllabus which was finally
approved by the Committee of Courses of the Urdu department. Needles to
mention that I was actively involved in all deliberations of the different
committees formed for the said purpose.
DETAILS OF YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE
CORPORATE LIFE OF YOUR INSTITUTION.
UNIVERSITY
EVALUATION
I am actively involved in
evaluation and paper setting work for different paper like B.A.(H) ,B.com.
(H), Urdu (optional paper), and B.A. (Programme) of Annual and home
examination including, evaluation of assignments, class test, and Quizs etc.
since my appointment I have never refused any academic and administrative
Assessment imposed by respective University, College and Department.
DETAILS OF YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE CORPORATE LIFE OF YOUR
INSTITUTION.
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Regarding my contribution to the corporate life of our
internationally famed institution, my humble submission is that I have taught
classes regularly and discharged all duties assigned to me by our institution
and I have extended full co-operation in the functioning of our college in
all respects like participation in different committees constituted by the
college. My efforts have always been persistent in contributing to the
corporate life of our institution and enhance its standing in the world
through my progressive vision and thought. Today's world requires value based
education most, which leads to spreading peace, love, national and
international integration and awareness in world and the same is true in the
respect of inculcating these values in
our students and community. I have also significantly contributed to
acknowledge it through my creative writings, critical reviews and articles. I
have tried to forge in my students the quest for academic excellence since my
joining this reputed institution. In every class I have tried to discuss
human thoughts, values and philosophy to my students in the light of ancient,
medieval and modern India’s different cultures and societies, customs and
tradition. I have taught my students to instill in them rational ideas and
contribute to building-up a healthy society. I have made efforts to develop
my students’ knowledge and awakening towards cherished values of patriotism,
peace, love, national and international integrity. I try to present Urdu
language through other sources on global level as for example, science,
technology, economy, & commerce etc. The use of Urdu language in these
fields will contribute to DEVELOPMENT of Urdu language and be useful for
general masses in reference to the source of employment.
CULTURAL/CURRICULAR
ACTIVITIES:
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Worked as a member in sports committee since two years
along with actively involved in my departmental work regarding education and
cultural activities like teaching
classes, attending and organizing
seminar,symposium,conference,lectureseries,mushaira,chahar,bait,debate,ghazal,bait-bazi
qauwwali, completion, well-come, fresher and farewell programmers and celebrations.
PRESENT ACTIVITIES:
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Teaching and
working for the Promotion of Urdu language and literature as ability all over
the World, Submitted
so many projects to different institutions for post doctoral work on
different topics, and applied in India and abroad. Keeping in view my higher
aspirations diligent efforts are taken into receiving D. Lit .Degree which
will be very useful to enrich the Urdu Literature on Cosmos Level. Couple of
Synopsis submitted to the university Grand commission for major project for
SAP project for the department. The process of script evaluation and question
setting along with regular teaching, class test, involvements pertaining to
assignments, quiz, etc is very seriously being executed as per university
requisition.
BOOKS PUBLISHED / UNDER PUBLICATION:
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
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I earned Doctor of Philosophy degree in Urdu for the
completion of the thesis entitled “A critical & historical study of
long romantic verse” from University of Delhi in, my work is the only research
in Urdu literature which done first time in the history of Urdu literature I
received Master of Philosophy Degree from University of Delhi for the
completion of dissertation on “Agha Shayar as a Novelist” this research is
also rare in the field of Urdu Novel and Novelist in Delhi. I obtained M.A.
in Arts faculty of Humanities from University of Delhi in Urdu. After the
completion of my Doctor of Philosophy Degree I awarded two post Doctoral
fellowship on from Indian Council of Historical Research on the Topic of “A Study of Hindu-Muslim
Relations around Partition as reflected in Saadat Hasan Mantos Stories”. and
another Post Doctoral Research on the topic
of “Folk Literature in Urdu and Hindi” from Ministry of Tourism &
Culture, Govt. of India. as above cited that I have been awarded Ph.D. Degree
1998 in accordance with the University Grants Commission which is exempted
from the requirement of the minimum eligibility condition of NET/SLET/SET for
recruitment and appointment of Assistant Professor or equivalent positions.
TECHNICAL REPORTS PUBLISHED / UNDER
PUBLISHED – 4
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After the completion of my Doctor of Philosophy Degree I
was awarded two post Doctoral fellowship on from Indian Council of Historical
Research on the Topic of “A Study of
Hindu-Muslim Relations around Partition as reflected in Saadat Hasan Mantos
Stories”.and another Post Doctoral
Research on the topic of “Folk Literature in Urdu and Hindi” from
Ministry of Tourism & Culture, Govt. of India.both are in the process of
publication, and there is no any Technical report has published.
PUBLICATION PROFILE
/ PUBLICATIONS LITERARY ARTICLES
ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN INTERNET
JOURNALS
ARTICLE PUBLISHED NONE INTERNET
JOURNALS
ARTICLE UNPUBLISHED IN
INTERNET JOURNALS
Lots
of literary articles on different topics are under publication in well known
referred Urdu journal in India and overseas all articles are value based and
will received documentary recognition some are these, Meeraji critics ki nazron
mein,tradition of patriotism in urdu poetry with special reference of allama
iqbal, kiya urdu shairy taattul –o- inhatat ka shikar hai., Qaumi Shaoor ke
Farogh mein Urdu Adab ka kirdar,Almas,Ed. Prof. Yousuf Khushk, Dept. of Urdu,
Univ. of Shah Abdullatif kher pur sindh Pakistan., Agha shair Dehlavi Aur
Unka Ehad,Almas,Ed. Prof. Yousuf Khushk, Dept. of Urdu, Univ. of Shah
Abdullatif kher pur sindh Pakistan., Agha shair Dehlavi ki Novel
Nigari,Almas,Ed. Prof. Yousuf Khushk, Dept. of Urdu, Univ. of Shah Abdullatif
kher pur sindh Pakistan., Urdu Novil ka Novel ,Almas,Ed. Prof. Yousuf Khushk,
Dept. of Urdu, Univ. of Shah Abdullatif kher pur sindh Pakistan.
BOOK REVIEW :
ARTICLE
ON ME:
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A short Biography like Khaka has published on my work and
contribution on Entitle “Dr. Md. Yahya Saba” Tazkarah in the Book “Renu
ke Shahar Mein” page No, 223, written by Haqqaniul Qasmi, 2007. Who is the preeminent critic in Urdu and has editing at the
Rashtriya Sahara daily Urdu News Paper, New Delhi. He is the founder-editor
of “Istaara”the legendary trendsetting literary journal launched by late
Salah Uddin Parwez. Recipient of many national and international awards he
has been associated with a number of learned academic societies, research
institutions, in various capacities over past two decades and is a truly
iconic figure across the world. some are Under publication in
international , five in national web and none web Urdu journals.
LETTER
TO THE EDITOR
Time to time I have written lots of letter to the editor on different issues in
different national Daily news paper and journal some are these with full
details. Madaris ke tilimi Nizam-Mein Tabdili Zaruri Qaumi Awaz, daily, New
Delhi, 2004, 3rd Aug., Musalmano ki pasbani ka sawal, Rashtriya Sahara, New Delhi, 2000, 24th Aug., Hindustani
Musalmanon ka Zawal, Rashtriya Sahara, New Delhi, 2000, 17th June,
Paighn-m-e-Mosarrat, Nawa-a-e-islam, Delhi, 1993, June.
POETRY
FICTION
POLITICAL
REFORMATORY
ESSAY
RELIGIOUS
PRIZE
TIME TO TIME NEWS COOKED FOR DIFFERENT NEWS PAPER ETC
AS ARE UNDER.
AREA OF
SPECIALIZATION / INTREST
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Teaching and
working for the Promotion of Urdu language and literature as ability all
around the World. I strongly believe in efforts coordinated by all the Urdu
teachers and the concerned community for its promotion and therefore
developing potential of how we can help students of Urdu to achieve
excellence at International level. I, therefore, keep in touch with the
members of Urdu community in India and abroad through modern media of
Internet etc. Many of my articles and papers have been published online
international Urdu magazines.
SUBJECT TAUGHT
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I taught B.A. (H) Urdu 3rd and second year,
Masnaviyat, early prose and poetry and special study of Hali as prose writer,
Qualifying Urdu language (lower) B.A.
(H) geography, Discipline-centered concurrent course Urdu credit course, B.A.
(H) English since my appointment in the college. Including Taught P.C.P
classes in S.O.L university of Delhi-100 marks (compulsory) B.A. (p) Urdu
first, second and third year, in academic session, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
RESEARCH GUIDANCE
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Nil:
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Note: Regarding research guidance many times we are
college teachers requested to the Head Department of Urdu Post Graduate
Department but he is not in favor to allot Ph.D and M.Phil scholar to college
Teacher, because his acknowledge is that we the college Teacher are not able
for supervise the said course of student he have scholarship for the same
that this is the region I am unable to supply about the information of
research Guidance.
SEMINAR ATTENDED INTERNATIONAL:
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Two, I visited two different renowned countries
Turkey and Pakistan and attended two literary International seminar
/symposium/ conference regarding Urdu writers/and language –literature which
are the major contribution in my academic curriculum
SEMINAR ATTENDED NATIONAL:
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I attended Approx hundred national seminar across the
country on different topic and date in my academic life until.
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
/ PRESENTATION
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I visited two different renowned countries
Turkey and Pakistan and attended two literary International seminar
/symposium/ conference regarding Urdu writers/and language –literature which
are the major contribution in my academic curriculum.
ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED
RESEACH PROJECTS
(MAJOR GRANTS / RESEACH COLLABURATION
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I awarded two research project fron two reputed
institution of Government of India after the completion of my Doctoral
research from university of Delhi
first Post Doc (PDF) of ICHR of the Topic “A Study of Hindu-Muslim
Relations around Partition as reflected in Saadat Hasan Mantos Stories”.
and another Post Doc Junior Research Fellow for the topic “Folk Literature
in Urdu and Hindi” in Ministry of Tourism & CULTURE, Govt. of India
AWARDS AND
DISTINCTIONS / PRIZES
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I Received two award one is “Urdu Teacher Award on the
occasion of Golden Jubilee Celebration of Urdu Department in the year of
2009” and another Ph.D. degree in Urdu
for the completion of the thesis entitled “A critical &
historical study of long romantic verse” from University of Delhi
ASSOCIATION WITH
PROFESSIONAL BODIES
I am associated with a learned body
namely united religion initiatives which working across the world for peace
and harmony for the sake of humanity. Professor Yahya Saba has taught at the Delhi
University he is one of world’s leading social scientists distinguished
scholar, Professor, A fellow of the ICHR, a past president of the Madarsa
Miftahul Uloom An independent producer of television documentaries,
freelancer and preeminent critic in
Urdu and has teaching at the department of Urdu Kirori Mal college University
of Delhi, He is the founder head department of Urdu and editor of the
out-look legendary trendsetting literary journal launched by well
versatile scholar Recipient of many
national and international awards he has been associated with a number of
learned academic societies, research institutions, in various capacities over
past two decades and is a truly iconic figure across the world.
SCHOLARSHIP:
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I received two scholarship as post Doctoral fellow one as
Post Doc (PDF) of ICHR of the Topic “A Study of Hindu-Muslim Relations
around Partition as reflected in Saadat Hasan Mantos Stories”. and
another Post Doc Junior Research Fellow for the topic “Folk Literature in
Urdu and Hindi” in Ministry of Tourism & Culture, Govt. of India
HONOR:
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I received two honour one as Urdu Teacher Award on the
occasion of Golden Jubilee Celebration of Urdu Department in the year of 2009
and another Ph.D. earned in Urdu for the completion of the thesis entitled “A
critical & historical study of long romantic verse” from
University of Delhi
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES/ OTHER
EXPERIENCES
I am involved in so many
extracurricular activities like paper setting of B.A (H) Urdu and Programme
home and annual examination and performing examination duties of home, annual
and comparative examination held by university of Delhi and Running a
None Governmental Organization Namely Self Assistance Training Herald since a
long time Self
Assistance Training Herald is the non
govermental
organization of ideas running by United Religion Initiatives from the outset
it has received enthusiastic support and encouragement from leading
intellectual, artistes, scientists and eminent personalities in public life.
Commemorative and special issues of this organization have become collector’s
item. It has completed 5 stimulating years of regular working and has carved
a niche for itself among discerning masses at home and abroad.Self Assistance
Training Herald is administrated
by a board of trustees comprising eminent personalities drawn from various
fields. It strives to fulfill its aims and objectives through the following
measures:
I
organizing debates, workshops, seminars, discussions and conferences.,
undertake to facilitate research on relevant topics by providing grants to
appropriate institutions and individuals, Published journals, magazines,
reports and books, Encouraging, sponsor and facilitate production of
educational and multi-media material on relevant issues, Collaborate with
Indian and overseas organizations, governmental or non-governmental, working
for similar objectives, Accept donations, cash or kind, subscriptions,
presents and grants, Take over and manage any trust, society or institution
with similar objectives, Invest, dispose off, put in fixed deposits, in
securities, in mutual funds or in companies, funds not immediately required
for short or medium terms, I am organizing programme to focusing on similar
objectives as started. It solicits support of all those who find its objectives
relevant for creation of new India in the millennium and Worked as
an editor Urdu pages for college magazines during my Teacher in-charge ship.
TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS:
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I have working knowledge of computer and Received Basic
Computer Certificate from the Computer Centre, University of Delhi and also
Obtained Diploma in Computer Science from SMS InfoTech, Delhi.
ARTICLE ON ME:
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A short Biography like Khaka has published on my work and
contribution on Entitle “Dr. Md. Yahya Saba” Tazkarah in the Book “Renu
ke Shahar Mein” page No, 223, written by Haqqaniul Qasmi, 2007. Who is the preeminent critic in Urdu and has editing at the
Rashtriya Sahara daily Urdu News Paper, New Delhi. He is the founder-editor
of “Istaara”the legendary trendsetting literary journal launched by late
Salah Uddin Parwez. Recipient of many national and international awards he
has been associated with a number of learned academic societies, research
institutions, in various capacities over past two decades and is a truly
iconic figure across the world. some are Under publication in
international , five in national web and none web Urdu journals.
LANGUAGE KNOWN:
SPECIALISATION: A
CRITICAL STUDY OF DELHI COMPRISING OF ROMANTIC VERSE
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Poetic
masterpiece is the best known form of Urdu language
and literature consisting of lot of couplets in several books. Verse
composing writers flow their self-defined works as a work of destruction of
the worldly affairs just for the sake of embracing the Divine. They warn the
reader in advance to be prepared to let go of everything. Something of
our poetry in the masnavi form has already been noticed in patches but it
gives only fleeting glimpses of some of the prominent works from Afzal
jhanjhanvi to Nasim. As the masnavi admitted no bar to subject matter, we
came to possess a luxuriant variety-erotic, religious, biographical,
panegyric, elegiac, humorous, satirical, historical including war narrative,
personal, philosophical or just lyrical. Their very volumes and variety of
works are compelling while there may be many of the indifferent qualities;
there are quite a few notable ones as well. In its march from the South Delhi
to Awadh, the masnavi faced dogged competition from other genres but the
North, particularly Lucknow and the allied regions, developed a special
liking for it. More than a thousand masnavi were written in U.P. alone. The
condensed but diffused gems of ghazal had lost much of their luster but some
daring and inventive poets wanted to exploit the newly acquired capacity and
vigour for the longer and more expressive forms.The poets in Delhi were
mostly ghazal writers. Like Ghalib and Zauq produced some panegyrics also
but, so far as masnavis are concerned, there is a long pause after
kawab-o-kheyal(1780-1784). The Capital lacked the peace and order which is
usually conducive to the writing of longer narratives. For the same reason,
most of the major poets like Mir Hasan, Soz, Rangin, Hasrat, Jura’t, Hidayat,
and Mmnoon who had left the Capital, were writing notable pieces of Masnavi
in Lucknow or elsewhere. It is a stray Masnavi from Mushafi or, as Mohammad
Hussein ‘Azad’ tells us; Zauq that surfaced but no trace of the latter
remains except a few couplets. Qudratullah ‘Qasim’s Zubadat-ul-Akhyar or
Karamat-e-Piran-e-pir is devotional piece. A ‘zamuddaula sarwar wrote seven masnavis in a row and
compiled them as Sab’ab-e-Sayyarah (1821-1822) , which seems to have evoked
little notice and remained in oblivion. His Laila Majnun and part of Yusuf
Zulekha are lost for good. The only manuscript of his remaining five
Wamiw-o-Azra, Farhah-o-Shirin, Diwanah-e-‘Ishq, Qissah-e-Jawan Saudagar and
Waredat-e-‘Ishqiyahwere reprtedly with Maulana Hamid Hussein Qadiri, Mirza
Qutub Ali BegFigar’s authorship of Yusuf Zulekha (1824-1825) is disputed.
Figar was a proclaimed plagiarist and found often reciting other’s
composition in his own name. Names of
Figar Azimabadi and Ashiq Lucknow have also been linked to the masnavi; the
only other important piece is Sham-o-Parwana. It is the story of
Padmavati retold in Urdu verse first by Mir Ziauddin ‘Ibrat of Delhi’ and on
his death the remaining half was completed by Mir Ghulam Ali ‘Ishrat in
1797-1798. Despite the dual authorship, its readability has not been
impaired. The stories, on which most of the masnavis are based, are part of
folk-lore tradition now. The departures from the original have been marginal
and their main merit lies in the dexterity with which these old themes are
treated.Concerning various romantic mathnavi writers and Urdu poets who
belong to Delhi or who came and settled down in Delhi afterwards, I have
classified my thesis in the seven following chapters.First Chapter: In respect to the meaning
and interpretation of romanticism, I have preferred here refer and suggest
the characteristics of romanticism i.e. the denotative value and connotative
relation of the terms.Second
Chapter: This will consider the poets from Afzal Jhanjhanvi to Abroo;
it will cover the first historical period of urdu literature too, which
especially belongs to Faiz Fazail, Ali Khan Bekhud, Jafar Ali Khan Zaki and
Abroo. All of them had a peculiar
sensibility in view of their art of verse composition. (Mathnavi)Third Chapter: This chapter
includes some great and prominent poets like Meer Taqi Meer, Mushafi, Figar
Dehlavi, Nawab Azamuddaula Sarvar Dehlavi.Fourth chapter:
In this chapter I have to point out what could be the real concept of
love i.e. the phenomenon of love in the verse composing. (Mathnavi) Fifth chapter: This
chapter has a distinction quality because of a remarkable verse (mathnavi)
poet Meer Hasan. Here I will try my best to reveal and discuss the elements
of nature and supernatural in the art of Meer Hasan. The other poets like
Rangeen and Nazeer Akber Abadi are also along with him. But these respects
they are minor poets in comparison with a giant like Meer Hasan Sixth chapter: There is
an obvious turning point which can be observed in Masnavis of Momeen Khan
Momeen and Dagh Dehlavi. Their importance is that they literally oppose the
traditional concept of love which is basically idealistic and abstract as
well. They introduce a concrete concept of love that is physical as well
realistic.Chapter seven:
Being the last chapter, it’s to conclude the whole analytic study of the
Romantic Mathnavi of Delhi; how the various aspects of Romanticism works
behind the art of Mathnavis; whether it is narrative or none narrative in
their art and craft? And how these
elements are grown within the subjective sprit of Mathnavis and change their
whole panorama. My understand is that the art of Mathnavi has a great
plasticity in it. Since it is the only form in Urdu which I can, successfully
narrate and dictate, is the plow-based life. Therefore, the Romanticism is
not beyond its reach and limitation. It has already proved this plasticity of
its form in the art of Meer and Momeen Dehlavi who’s Mathnavis are in its
truea sense well versed with the spirit of Romanticism and reality both.
A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Poetry and other forms of expression in literature all over the
world are the strongest medium for reflecting the nuances of a
particular society. Urdu is a modern language which emerged in the Indian
sub-continent and reflects most aptly the composite heritage of the Indian
people in all its dimensions. The language was adopted by the Hindus and
Muslims alike and also became a prominent vehicle of our anti-imperialist struggle.
Its rich vocabulary, multiple forms of expression, popular script and its
ability to cater to the taste of the learned and the common men alike has
made the language an important tool of historical reconstruction. All literary
genres of Urdu language are the most important carries of our recent
historical past. There has been an indomitable line of scholars
writing in Urdu who while popularizing the language also made a
formidable contribution in strengthening our composite culture and heritage.
There is a vast corpus of Urdu literature which has not been assessed
with the perspective of revisiting our historical past particularly with the
objective of national reconstruction. These days I am doing research on this thrust
area. This article describes the important elements of Hindu-Muslim
culture and integration and their relevance to national reconstruction.
It attempts to highlight the traces of a common heritage. Herein lays the
relevance of Urdu literature in reflecting the elements of this common identity
and composite culture. My work will make a brief survey of the trends in Urdu
writing and will suitably contribute to a socio-historical
reconstruction of
I have professional interest in various
schools of thoughts in Urdu literature. My area of interest started
emerging while doing post graduation in Urdu from
My same interest has been shaped on
the one hand by my own inclinations and on the other by needs of the
Department since I joined the College. My basic training in Urdu literature
began early during my graduation. As one of the papers of Urdu (Hons) course,
History of Urdu language, required me to read some basic books of Urdu
literature which ignited in me a quest to study Urdu Literature. I was thus
fascinated by the ways in which languages share their lexicons crossing the
geographical boundaries. The very fact that the different root-words travel
all the way from Persian, Arabic, English, Hindi, Sanskrit, and finally through Beraj & other regional languages etc. route and
then come to survive in Urdu encourages me to look beyond to pursue my career
in Urdu Language. I got the proper environment and academic atmosphere to
spur and nurture my intellectual appetite in
You will be happy to read the opinion
of my Guide Prof. Irteza Karim who is like my elder brother that “As
Researcher Dr.Yahya Saba is well known not only in Urdu but also in other
subjects. He is deeply committed to the aim of setting highest literary
standards by recognizing good literature and also establishing a deep cultural
bond among various languages and communities of
A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTEREST
My teaching and research interest has
been shaped on the one hand by my own inclinations and on the other by needs
of the Department since I have joined the College. My basic training in Urdu
literature began early during my graduation. As one of the papers of Urdu
(Hons) course, History of Urdu language, required me to read some
basic book of Urdu literature and thus motivated an urge to study Urdu
Literature. I was thus fascinated by the ways in which languages share their
lexicons across the geographical boundaries. The very fact that the different
root-words travel all the way from Persian, Arabic, English, Hindi, Latin,
Greek, Sanskrit, Baltic, Slavic and finally through Germanic route and come
to survive in Urdu encourages me to look beyond and pursue my career in Urdu
Language. I got the proper environment
and academic atmosphere to spur and nurture my intellectual appetite in
I have examined eight different
varieties of Urdu-Persian, besides providing an account of nine major
languages of
A. Languages that have only Subject-Verb
agreement.
B. Languages that have both Subject-Verb
& Object-Verb agreement on an alternative basis (i.e. the verb agrees
with either the subject or the object in different syntactic environment).
C. Languages that have primarily Subject-Verb agreement, however,
other actants (NPs) also find their marking on the verb due to certain
pragmatic value or requirements of the language e.g. specificity marking,
animacy factor, scale of honorificity and some pattern gap in the system of
pronouns etc. I have tried to unify the agreement types (a) & (c) into
one system and have termed it as a single system of agreement and have
labelled the agreement type (b) as a dual system of agreement. The
motivation for the combining (a) & (c) into one comes from two main
factors; (i) there is no change of the syntactic environment of marking the
inflection of other actants (NPs) on the verb besides the subject (ii) the
languages do not show overt object agreement. With the help of such micro
level study of the phenomenon in the varieties of Urdu-Hindi, I have tried to
provide a solution to the problem of ‘agreement facts’ in complex predicates
of Urdu-Hindi at a macro level which otherwise remains unexplained.
Before joining the Department of
Urdu, Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi, I was selected in a reputed
research institution .However, I took up the job at University of Delhi,
considering the fact that I would be able to finish my post doctoral work
within the stipulated time-limit if I work in University of Delhi in general
and the Department of Urdu Kirori Mal College in particular. It has provided
me a very strong and healthy environment of growth and a good opportunity to
further shape my research interest. I have been teaching several papers
of Urdu language & literature since 2000. They include ‘history of Urdu,
Urdu culture, Urdu society Urdu prose & poetry. I have also helped the
Department to carry out intensive field-works on several assignments. In
addition to my regular teaching assignments, I have also contributed to other
regularly organized programs of the Department. I have thus taught history in
such programs to Indian students. Teaching these classes always has helped me
to practice the theories of most of the core areas of Urdu literature. The
feed back (the assignments) from the programs have enriched my point of view
of analyzing the corpus. It has also given me insights into the area of interference
and the typological similarity of the target and source language, despite the
fact that innovation in language teaching in addition to the direct method of
teaching is mostly followed and used within teaching of Urdu and English. I
am working on the role of Urdu language in promotion of nationalism which has
been accepted for publication by a reputed publisher. The book contains a
precise and in-depth account of historical study of the Urdu language. I am
also planning to work on a text-book–“Introduction to Urdu Language for
Foreign language learners” which will help the learners to accelerate their
process of learning the foreign language. The work has also been already
accepted for publication by a reputed publisher. The publisher has also promised
to bring out a foreign print.
I have professional interest in various schools
of thought in Urdu literature. My area of interest started emerging
while doing post graduation in Urdu from
A short Description Regarding the
Research Related to Doctor and Master of Philosophy
DOTOR
OF PHILOSPHY I have done
Ph.D. in the History of Urdu classic literature entitled “A critical study of
romantic long verse” which is a reliable source of Modern History. Long verse
is most popular form of Urdu poetry because of its approach to Modern
History. Long poems with social and Philosophical content had also been
written during classic period. It was under the Influence of western poetry
that poets of renaissance, some writers wrote long poem with content of
modern historicity in Urdu in the 2nd half of 19th
century. In 20th century the Philosopher poet IQBAL further
developed and popularized long poem in Urdu introducing variety of themes in
it. Presently the long poem in one of the most representative accounts of
Modern History. Most Of the socio-political, Historical, Geographical and Culture
problems of this period had been dealt with in long poems. Various new experiments
of technique and expression had also been attempted by the writers in this form.
Thus the long poem in Urdu has been greatly enriched in contents and artist
expression. Classicism and Romanticism are among the most often used yet
extremely perplexing terms of literary jargons. The terms denote two
tendencies not only different but directly opposed to each other and
conspicuously dissembled in work spread over different periods of history of
a literature. For example in English
literature, the age of Dryden and his
poems i.e. from 1660 up to the French revolution (1787) is called the age of
classicism and the period from French revolution up to the middle of the 19th
century is known as the age of Romanticism. The terms, are, therefore, best
understood when discussed and analyzed in contrast with each other. It is
interesting to have a look into the etymology of Classicism and Romanticism.
The usage of classical word in literary field was first of all quoted by
Romanticists, on the contrary,
revolted and rebelled against the bondage of rules and customs. Romanticism
recognized no law of literature’, it was ‘liberalism of literature’, an
intoxicating dreaming. The classical correctness and structural propriety
wrought by the conscious intellectual control seemed to be fettering the
creative human spirit. Rebellious and revolutionary attitude toward
established tradition either in society or in literature is, thus the basis
of romantic temper. The inspiration Romanticism got was from folklore and
middle Ages instead of classical antiquity. It was expression and not subject
matter, which was really important for the classical. Regarding subject
matter and expression Pope observed: True wit is Nature to advantages
dressed- what oft was thought, but never so well expressed: The subject matter,
“what oft was thought” was the familiar’s reality, plain, general,
traditional and representative truth. The aim of a writer was only to express
it the best possible manner. The instrument for such expression was with and
not imagination. Wit with classical, was as Robert Walsenburg observed ‘a
truth and lively expression of nature. The skill of the poet lay only in his
intellect to comprehend and in his wit to express it in a clear, fresh
objective and correct way. The craze for conscious craftsmanship, balance,
proportion, correctness and ‘good sense’ result in a tendency toward precise
and elegant but formula style in prose and poetry. The writers used inane and
artificial phraseology, conventional and hackneyed classical figure, pompous
circumlocutions, and decorative imagery and traditionally accepted poetic
diction and meter (heroic couplet) well suited of epigrammatic neatness and
terseness. With Romantic collectively, my whole research work is
comprehensive and reveals my critical ability and originality. It will be must-read
for every social scientist who truly wants to understand history on
comparative perspectives. This is sine-qua- none of contemporary knowledge of
research for a variety of disciplines like Archeological, Economics, Education,
Evolutionary sciences, Family studies, Human ecology, Psychology, Sociology,
History and Literature in modern world. This is based mainly on result of
original research, whether empiricism of theoretical development, mediations
and consequences of Modern
Master of philosophy I have done M. Phil on the history of
progressive Urdu novel. I worked on the positive criticism of the progressive
novels. I tried to bring out the progressive thoughts, motivation and
contribution toward the development of Urdu novel, which is the real approach
of modern literary history. In the first year of my M. Phil program, I
studied mythology of research and textual criticism. Then I successfully advanced
to the second year in which I was assigned a topic entitled “Agha Shair
Qazalbash Dehlvi. Through my critical study of the novels- ‘Hire ki- Kani’
Naqli Tajdar, Naheed and Arman, I tried to bring out the progressive
thoughts, motivations and author's contribution towards the development of
Urdu fiction. The progressive literary movement has played the role of
catalyst in bringing new trends in modern Urdu literature. Socio-political,
historical and cultural themes have been adopted under the influence of
progressive ideology which led to new experiment in realistic depiction of
life. Many revealing treaties have come out in the area of forms and
techniques due to the influence of progressive literary movement on Urdu
poetry and short story. It has been felt that there is hardly any work, which
is solely, devoted to the study of Urdu novel in context of progressive
movement. Some of the founders of progressive literary movement have written
powerful novels and established new trends of critical realism and historical
and socialist realism in Urdu, during the last fifty years or so. These trends
have taken roots and enriched Urdu fiction in many respects. The progressive
ideology has changed the whole scenario of Urdu fiction. Agha Shair Qazalbash
Dehlavi and many of his works had been translated into other languages. He
himself was a good translator who translated many books particularly Holy
Quran into poetic form in Urdu. Agha Shair Qazalbash Dehlvi had also
translated Umar Khayyam’s Rubai’s entitled. “Khum Kada-E- Khayyam” into Urdu.
He was the one of the top ranking writers in the first decade of 20th
century. Agha Shair Qazalbash has to be remembered because he can not to be a
forgotten because of his immense contribution to overall development of
modern Urdu literature. He lives in us as an experience. Hence, he evokes strong
reaction from both his admirers as well as critics. For some he appears as a
model of poetic excellence. Others attack him as a demagogue who failed. For
some his poetry signifies the tremendous emotive response word can command.
Other described it as mere smoke without fire. Undoubtedly his poetry congeals
the thrilling experience of a tumultuous age of the thirties and forties, yet
it has transcended the confines of the time and space. It lives on and on to
evoke strong reaction, years after his death.
In fact every poet, above all, is a
mirror not only of his life and times but also of the personalities of his
own readers and critics who project their own priorities and prejudices in
the interpretation and assessment of the poet concerned. Hence, every
significant piece of writing has two authors one who gives it words and the
others who give it desirers, meaning and interpretation that is its writer
and readers. Poetry (and art) is enjoyed and interpreted differently. He is
no exception. He appears differently to different set of readers. His poetry
bears ample testimony on each score, for who will deny the heartwarming
romanticism. And who can ignore the tremendous power- verse and vigor of his
revolutionary couplets, and there are hundreds of them, which congeal unprecedented
fire and frenzy of an enslaved nation struggling for freedom. The
revolutionary fervor is matched by his almost lyrical depiction of nature.
Thus the question arises, which is the real Agha Shair Qazlebash Dehlvi, the
Romantic, the revolutionary or the nature loving mystic and what type of
poetic personality emerges from integration of these diverse aspects. I shall
not do commentary here on the comments of various critics, which may take us
further away from our main problem which is the identity of Agha Shair
Qazlebash Dehlavi.
Agha Shair Qazlebash Dehlavi, was the
most significant event in post-Iqbal Urdu poetry Agha Shair Qazlebash
Dehlavi, was the most important happening in the entire
In his time Agha Shair Qazlebash
Dehlavi for the first time projected the image of the robust, enlightened and
librated man eager to lead a full and vigorous life by breaking the
inhabitation of petty bigot and Puritans. It must be added that his ideas of
revolution was not clearly defined, nor was his view of librated wholesome
life entirely above criticism for his feudal past and his fragmented thinking
hunted him. Nevertheless his secularism, Nationalism, Patriotism and faith in
human fraternity shine through the tangled ruin of his poetry. This brings us
to another area of his poetry, romanticism, which covers not only his love
poetry but also poems on nature and the scenic beauty. For Agha Shair
Qazlebash Dehlavi, natural man is the Ideal being and he is entitled to self
–fulfillment through enjoyment of the least things in life including wine,
healthy human relationship and full realization of his aesthetic self. The
warmth of love and tenderness of nature, intoxicating wine and inebriating
beauty all enrich human personality, and hence any institution religious or
political which hinders the way to his enrichment remain unnatural, even
immoral. He challenges all such joy-killing institutions. He firmly believes
that while God willed that the blessing bestowed on his creation be carefully
enjoyed, the bigots and narrow-minded clergy of various religious groups
willed otherwise and impose their own puritan even Spartan laws of abstinence
and piety. Agha Shair Qazlebash Dehlavi loved lyrics and his description of nature
finds beautiful expression in some of his poems. To quote only two instances,
“Khumkadae Khayyam” is not only a piece of best nature poetry in Urdu but
also describes eloquently his concepts of good and evil. This also brings us
to the discussion of Agha Shair Qazlebash Dehlavi view of freedom and
determinism of men’s action. About the existence of God, Agha Shair Qazlebash
Dehlavi may be described as an agnostic but he insists that as all human
actions are pre-determined, man can hardly be responsible for the deeds or
misdeeds. In his several poems, Agha Shair Qazlebash Dehlavi had pointed out
that it is in search of self-realization, that man pursues various
activities-one goes to Mosque to offer prayers, while other proceed to bar to
drink wine. That same desire leads them to two destinations, thus, rending
the very rationale of heaven and hell irrelevant. The word of Agha Shair
Qazlebash Dehlavi’s Rubaiyat is extensive. He has successfully employed
various techniques of dramatic presentation, romantic depiction and
picturesque portrayal, thus setting a new precedent in a genre which had been
used by stalwarts like Umar Khayyam in Persian, Anis in Urdu has left a
distinctive mark of his personality on the genre.
Any discourse, however brief, on Agha
Shair Qazlebash Dehlavi will be incomplete without mentioning his
contribution to marsiya writing. Marsiya is used for verifying the events of
Karbala and martyrdom of Imam Hussain and his companions and even though
great poets like Anis wrote Marsiyas, yet it remained mainly poem of sorrow
and agony, and the tragic tales of suffering of the noble soul. Agha Shair
Qazlebash Dehlavi gave his Marsiya a tone of heroic defiance of social
injustice of self-pity and adding an element of selfless devotion to duty and
hence transformed them into a source of inspiration for the crusaders of
social justice in the contemporary world, thus making them relevant to the
modern times. Last but not the least is his contribution to Urdu prose. He
deserves to be remembered as the founder editor of the literary journal
“Makhzan” which laid the foundation of enlightened thinking in Urdu along
with “Nigar”. His prose, though Persianized and a bit archaic, was
undoubtedly distinctive. His prose works shall long be remembered as
brilliant pieces of prose. The poetic vocabulary of Agha Shair Qazlebash
Dehlavi is richest with parallel only in Sauda, Nazeer and Anis. The variety of
his moods and his mastery over words of various shades of meanings with
diverse linguistic origins still remains rare. To illustrate the point it
will suffice to point out that his poems were written in idiomatic language
of Mother India in chaste and feminine colloquial speech while coparative
analysis of two pieces of his poetry can very well give us an idea of the
variety of his vocabulary. In short Agha Shair Qazlebash Dehlavi is likely to
be remembered long, not only in the history of Urdu literature as the poet of
revolution and romance but also in the subcontinents as one who has inspired
a host of his countrymen and brought to them the message of emancipation and
enlightenment.
Master
of Arts
I have done my M.A in history of Urdu literature with special reference to
modern Indian history; I studied in M.A course different literary movements,
revolutions, historical developments and Islamic history etc. which are
associated with Modern India’s literary history. My specialization is Meer
Taqi Meer’s writings, (Syed
Amanullah Meer Taqi was the only son of a Sufi saint, Meer Muttaqi. When Meer
was a little child, his father looking at his face used to say which this
fire is burning within your heart that is reflecting on your face. Sufis are
lovers of God and so he thought that it was the fire of love for Allah.
Living in a atmosphere of Sufism at a very young age had profound effect on
Meer. He did not have many desires for worldly things. While on his death
bed, his father instructed Meer to "Adopt the path of love. A life
without love is an ordeal and losing one's heart in love is the real art.
Though this path is riddled with difficulties, love is what drives the
world." This is a philosophy reflected by Meer in most of his works.
After his father's death, at the age of 11 years, he was abandoned by the
people in whose care he had been left. His elder step-brother also treated
him badly. Meer left
My whole research work is comprehensive
and reveals my critical ability and originality. it will be a must- read for
every social scientist who truly want to understand history through history.
On the global comparative perspective this is the sine-qua none of
contemporary knowledge and research from a variety of disciplines like
archaeology, economics, education, evolutionary science, family studies,
human ecology, psychology, sociology, history and literature. My research will
be indispensable for every one seriously concerned about understanding the
place of history and literature in modern world. This is based mainly on the
result of original research whether empirical or theoretical development,
mediation and consequence of modern Indian history and literature on analysis
of their social nature. This extensive research in the history of Urdu
literature, comparative historical and sociological lend weight to the
important and challenging assertion researched by self notable addition to
the growing literature on culture related lingua. In context of Politico-historical
problems of sub national population, this research will be extremely useful
for anyone willing to grapple with the issues raised by theories of
multiculturalism. I could say that this research will play key role in
encouraging national reconstruction and integration, liberation, respect for
other communities and love for the country. Total communal harmony is its
reliability and goal. A sensitive mind had revolted against the rigorous of
the tradition education, which aimed at mass education and did not bother
about where a child inclination really lay. Meer says “In my versification
vocabulary and ideas, I yielded myself to the vagaries of untouched fancy
which brought castigation upon me from critics who were learned and uproarious
laughter from the witty. My ignorance combined with my homeys turned me into
a literary outlaw. Meer was a great admirer of the lyric poetry of Wordsworth,
Byron, Shelley and Keats. His attempts of getting glimpses of the creation of
the European literary giants were however less successful. Dante remained a
closed book to him. Hines interested him, but he was “quick-witted” which he
did not possess. He had dangerous facility which helped him to guess the
meanings so easily. He succeeded however in getting through Heine like a
sleepwalker easily crossing unknown paths and he found pleasure. From Goethe
as he remarked. “Believe it I found my entrance to the place not like one who
has keys for all the doors but as casual visitor who is tolerated in some guest
room where he is comfortable but not intimate”. He believes in personal
religion. He was free from authority of any damage. Though Meer’s poetic
talent was recognized and awarded prestigious praises for literature and
persons like Yeast, Rolland, Wells and Bernard Shaw were great votaries of
his poetry and maintained correspondence with him. Initially he was not
understood in his homeland. There were critics who found his poetry highly metaphysical.
Meer lived at a time of fast developing crisis. He saw a new world beyond the
present travail and his intimate experience gave to him a world of infinite
joy and happiness. The duality of experience inspired Meer’s poetry; for him
religion consisted in the intense yearning of a soul for union with the divine
for realizing the God within. He says, “The feeling which I always had with a
deep satisfaction of personality that flowed with my nature through livings
channel of communication from all sides”. Meer did not believe in the
mechanized view of “Samsara” the cycle of births and deaths. According to him
there could be no continuity of desires, passions, wealth and name in any
future life, no chance of completing one’s life unfinished task in the life hereafter,
no persistence after death for death closes the account of his life. He said,
“I shall not come to them with my claim of immortality”. The only survival
for him was rebirth in God through love. He condemned the caste system and
its basic concept of inequality of man. He repudiated the idea that the material
world was a square and life a journey through the value of pain i.e. sorrows.
He disapproved of the ascetical view of life and the belief that men’s
perfection can be achieved through resuscitation. Both through his powerfully
moving verse and persuasive prose, he taught his countrymen to be courageous,
self reliant, free and worthy of the personality which they bore as men. He
emphasized certain basic truth which man may ignore only at their peril. His
genius enriched whatever it touched like the sun; he shed light and warmth on
his age and vitalized the material and moral soil of his land. He revealed
unknown horizons of thoughts and dismantled the arch that divides the east
from the west. Meer was a great educationist; he wanted to build an institution,
which encouraged free inquiry into knowledge. He was particularly aware of
the need for a revolutionized primary education. His efforts were crowned
with success on a large scale and education institutions at different places
were established. Where scholars from all lands could pursue their study.
Meer was observed by rhythm in poetry, in art and in music. Different
libraries and academies have large collections of his work and contribution,
which are uncountable.
India, the land of ancient culture and
civilization holds a comprehensive, extraordinary and unique place in context
to peace. Thousands of years ago the message of peace conveyed by this
country had a deep impact on the entire world. The main reason behind this
influence is the approach towards peace, which has directly or indirectly
been built by contribution of knowledge based on real experience. It may be
clarified by the work and contribution of Khuda-e-Sukhan Meer Taqi Meer.
Generally peace is termed as a condition that is opposite to conflict,
struggle, war or violence. As a scholar says it is symbolic of an atmosphere
free from conflict, struggle, in the same way another scholar believes, peace
is generally, negatively conceived as absence of war and struggle in other
words, peace means absence of actual violence. All this, even then, does not
express the complete meaning of peace. This is true that there is absence of
conflict, struggle, war or violence all this even then does not express the
complete meaning of peace. This is true that there should be absence of
conflict, struggle, war or violence but co-operation and harmony is essential,
that too, form inner core of heart so that even in general state man’s heart
is at peace and he may realize peace in thoughts and deed and harmony are imbedded
in the poetry of Meer. I mean to say that meaning of peace, in general
condition is fulfilled only when it exists in man’s heart in his daily
practice or action and thoughts. In the words of Vinoba Bhave: By peace or shanti
do not mean something static or the perpetuation of the status quo. Shanti
means something dynamic, something’s that develops the force of the
individual, which develops the dynamic strength of the people to a degree
that will enable them to meet any situation. Mahatma Gandhi accepting it as a
positive value concept in morality and ethics and proclaims that the impulse
behind Shanti is a desire for spiritual contentment, an impulse free from the
desire for the enjoyment and egoism that is why he has laid emphasis an
realization of the feeling of brotherhood and has desired that a man should
identify himself not only with all existing life on earth and this
identification is the symbol of harmony. Just we have discussed that in all
branches of Meer Taqi Meer poetry it is proclaimed that ‘man’ is the center
of the deed and on of the basis of the same he gets results whether he is
good or bad. He is superior among all living beings and occupies the most
important place. It is expected from man that keeping his existence safe he
should proceed toward all round development. It is also expected from him
that he should attain the real aim of his life. How should he do this? The profounder
of Indian philosophy have guided him from time to time in this regard. On the
basis of their experience that they gained through knowledge and deeds. Harmony
and other values are supplementary to non-violence. Whether it is forbearance
or tolerance, the principal value of Islamic philosophy or the (compassion) a
value established by Meer Taqi Meer have been supplementary to non-violence
and in this way they all proved to be the best, effective and strong base for
harmony. And why it would not be so? After all the aim of all philosophies is
peace. Today when we talk about world peace we feel that it will not be
possible unless each and everyone gets equal opportunities for his/her
progress or unless everyone is sure of fulfillment of his/her basic needs. Peace
is not possible unless everyone has liberty of self expression, or it is just
a dream if each and everyone are not accorded freedom, justice and rights. I
would like to clarify that all above-mentioned values supplementary to
non-violence, were established for the reason that everyone could easily be
brought under the circumference of equality, freedom, justice and rights
including the rights of self-expression i.e. without exercising any force or
without inflicting/using any violence. Not only this goodness like equal
respect for every one’s faith and complete absence of fundamentalism and unity
of mankind etc. were propounded by the leading figures of the society through
above values. From time to time Meer Taqi Meer also shared their experience
with people so that he may be inspired by it. These values are as important
today as it was in the past or during the time of their establishment. Even
today if we inculcate these values in our lives, according to our
circumstances and need we can create a good atmosphere of harmony and march
forward in the direction of peace.
In fact for thousand years Indians
firmly believed and experienced that non-violence is an immortal value
permanently present in human nature. It is not only an essential condition
for existence but also for all round development of human beings and to reach
the real the goal i.e. peace. That is why the profounder made relentless
efforts to base the day-to-day activities of people upon non-violence and its
supplementary values. In the task they not only achieved the expected they
were able to set such examples, knowledge of which surprises us even today. In
those days the means of transport and communication were very limited and
underdeveloped. But they were able to communicate the message of ahimsa in a
simple way, along with Indians, to inhabitants of different parts of the
world. But as has been stated they did so by creating a conducive atmosphere
as per the demand of times and country’s circumstances. In this regard we can
quote countless examples and if we do so then definitely many volumes can be
written. That is why here I shall only quote two great men of all ages. In
the time of Mahatma Buddha the state of Indian society had seriously
deteriorated. People had started going against the established value system
for the safety of existence and progress. They were getting avert to non-violence
and positive action. Beside inequality there was exploitation so much so that
there was inexpressible extreme of it in human acts. At such a time Gautama
Buddha propagated the value of Karuna that is compassion, keeping in view the
circumstances and need of time. He set examples for all people, big and
small, by his own behavior in life and on the basis of his conduct, was able
to launch an effective and strong movement to reform the society. From the
point of view of that time, compassion was the best expression of
non-violence and a good mean of establishing peace. As a result after
individual awakening people of
Bachelor
of Arts Honurs, I have done B.A (H) in Urdu literature with special
reference to Islamic history, which is main source of medieval Indian history.
The Arabic word Islam means peace and total submission to the God’s will. The
religion of Islam is the complete acceptance of the teaching and guidance of God
as revealed to his Prophet Mohammad. Muslim is one who believes in one God and
strives for total reorganization of his life according to this revealed guidance
and the sayings of the Prophet. He also works for building a human society on
the same basis and defends its spirits. The word Allah is the proper name of
God in Arabic. It is a unique term because it has no plural or feminine
gender. In the seventh century A.D. the holy prophet Mohammad (s.a) laid the
foundation of Islam in a predominantly pagan Arabia within a century of his
death in
Conclusions: Overall my whole
research works is comprehensive and reveals my critical ability and
originality. It will be a must read for every social scientist that truly
wants to understand history through Urdu and Urdu through history. On the
global cooperative perspective this is the sine-qua none of contemporary
knowledge and research for a variety of disciplines like archeology,
economics, education, evolutionary science, family studies, human ecology,
sociology, history and literature. My research is indispensable for any one
seriously concerned about- understanding the place of history and literature
in modern world, this being based mainly on the results of a original
research; whether empirical or theoretical development in modern Indian
history and literature on the analysis of the social nature. This extensive
research in Urdu, the history of Urdu literature, comparative history and
sociology lend weight to the important and challenging assertions based on
research of growing literature on culture and related lingua.
Politico-historical problems of sub-national population that this research
will be extremely useful for anyone willing to grapple with the issues raised
by theories of multiculturalism. I could say that this research will also play
key role in appreciation of modern Indian history. Its prime importance
encourages national reconstructions, integration, liberation, and respect for
other communities and love for country. Total communal harmony is its primary
aim and goal.
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DESCRIPTION REGARDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE CORPORATE LIFE OF INSTITUTION
Regarding
my contribution to the corporate life of our internationally famed
institution, my humble submission is
that I have taught classes regularly and discharged all duties assigned to me
by our institution and I have extended full co-operation in the functioning
of our college in all respects like participation in different committees
constituted by the college. I have tried to contribute to the corporate life
of our institution and enhance its standing in the world through my
progressive vision and thought. Today's world requires value based education
most, which leads to spreading peace, love, national and international
integration and awareness in world and I have tried to inculcate these values
in our students and community. I have also significantly contributed to
knowledge through my creative writings, critical reviews and articles. I have
tried to forge in my students the quest for academic excellence since my
joining this reputed institution. In every class I have tried to discuss
human thoughts, values and philosophy to my students in the light of ancient,
medieval and modern
As
an Urdu scholar I have written on different facets of various schools and
thoughts in prose and poetry. All together, I am associated with various
literary, cultural, social, educational, and academic organizations and
educational institutions of higher learning in
I
am significantly contributing to knowledge through my enormous creative writings
and I want to develop my student’s knowledge as reference document; my
co-operation and contribution will continue to grow throughout my life for
propagation of patriotism, peace, love and international integrity. My
interest is lies in all fields and disciplines like poetry, philosophy, sociology,
English, education and the rest. I am multidimensional and humorous, which provides
comprehensive knowledge to students. I want to establish my reputation by my
published research work/contribution in Urdu world. I want generate best
scholar of Urdu who will hoist the flag of India around the world and they
will hold professional and research position in many countries and will serve
as research advisors and experts on many bodies and various international
commissions. They will be authors of books, they will publish thousands remarkable
articles in top ranking referred/professional international journals. Their
seminal research will show a guiding light to the modern society whose
writings will reflect a progressive approach and imagination. I am looking at
the modern and progressive world living in conservative and stagnant society.
The great writers of the world, thus, looked at modernity through the
medieval window; they also imbibed discipline, talked about social harmony
and integrity in the light of teachings of different religions and through
their top ranking writings. Their imagination is educative, informative, and
scientific in nature. The bottom line of my hard creative and research works,
thus, casts an image of harmonious, disciplined, scientific, rational and
modernized society based on human dignity & justice. I thoroughly enjoy
my academic life with my books. It has opened new vistas of thought and work.
My education and books provide me golden opportunity to express and write
independently.
God
bless our institution which will be a bastion of corporate life,
professionalism, academic excellence and I will contribute to achieving this
goal to the best of my ability.
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Urdu language and literature has a long and colorful
history that is inextricably tied to the development of that very language,
Urdu, in which it is written. While it tends to be heavily dominated by
poetry, the range of expression achieved in the voluminous library of a few
major verse forms, especially the Ghazal and Nazm (poetry), has led to its
continued development and expansion into other styles of writing, including
that of the short story, or Afsana. Urdu literature is principally popular in
India and Pakistan. Additionally, it enjoys substantial popularity among
South Asian immigrants in North America, Europe and Middle East and usually around
the world. It is widely understood in Afghanistan. Urdu is finding interest
in North American, European and South Pacific Asian countries primarily
through South Asian immigrants.
in the light of my scholarship skill
always I am trying to explore my knowledge
and spreading it through teaching and learning with the vision “Protection
and promotion of aesthetical and cultural values of Urdu Language, Literature
and its historical consciousness” and with the mission “to develop it as a
combination of archives, museum, library, cultural research institution and
wishes to be perceived as an authority in Urdu Language, Literature &
Culture both in terms of collection and conservation”.
Full
time I am entail in teaching, learning and writing I have written lot of articles which are
based on Urdu language and literature but approaches are interdisciplinary (few
articles and books) Electronic Publications link are given below I will be
happy if you will made a rational comment.
http://www.urdusukhan.com/?s=dr.+md.+yahya+saba+dept.+of+urdu+kirori+mal+college+university+of+delhi
Kirori
Mal College
Articles &
Columns by Dr Syed Muhammad Yahya
Five Electronic Publication (05 Books)
ادبی تجزیات۔ محمد یحیٰصبا۔ ادب۔ تنقید و تحقیق
English Article:
Preamble of India
I, Mohd. Yahya Saba, having solemnly
resolved to constitute India into a sovereign socialist secular democratic
republic and to secure to all its citizens: justice, social, economic and
political; liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;
equality of status and of opportunity; and to promote among them all
fraternity assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity
of the nation; in our constituent assembly this twenty-sixth day of November,
1949, do hereby adopt, enact and give to ourselves this constitution. Purpose
of having a preamble: the preamble to our constitution serves two purposes
first It indicates the source from which the Constitution derives its
authority second It also states the objects, which the Constitution seeks to
establish and promote.
I, (Dr. Syed Mohd. Yahya. Saba), do swear / solemnly affirm in the name of God that I
will faithfully full-fill the duty of Teacher and Teach the Urdu of B.A.(H) 3rd
& 2nd Year of the
Dept. of Urdu, Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi, Deli-110007 and will
to the best of my ability preserve, protect and promote the Teaching and
Learning process for which day by day our institutions academic culture will
stored, and that I will devote myself to the service and well-being of the students
of this internationally fame college.
With best regards thanking
you in anticipation
of a positive response from your side.
Yours sincerely
Dr. Syed Mohd. Yahya. Saba
Dept. of Urdu
Kirori Mal College,
University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Mob: No: 09968244001
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