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Book Review
Collection of Urdu poems
GLIMPSES OF URDU POETRY: Dr. K. Hussain; Mifah Publishers, 96/10, South End Road, 1st Cross, Basavanagudi, Bangalore-560004. Rs. 150.
THE BOOK under review presents a cross section of such representative Urdu poets as Mir Taqi Mir, Zauq, Ghalib, Dagh, Iqbal, Firaq, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Sahir Ludhianvi, Makhdoom, Ali Sardar Jafri and others.
While this book is a worthy endeavour to present in a single volume some of the most popular ghazals, poems and couplets, the author has not been able to recapture the spirit of the original compositions. Often, Hussain's language lapses into banalities.
But, in spite of these shortcomings, lovers of Urdu poetry (even they whose native language is not Urdu) may find the parallel text in Roman of great interest.
A commendable feature of the book, however, is the author's critical comments on these poets, together with their brief biographical sketches.
ALI ASGHAR
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