Members of Hamari Urdu Mohabbat throughout a efficiency
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Tributes to Mahatma Gandhi are available in numerous types, usually involving the bhajans he loved and the ideas he stood for. Gandhi Jayanti will likely be celebrated this yr by Hamari Urdu Mohabbat (HUM) with an hour-long program Peer Parayi Jaane Re, which mixes poetry, music (sufi songs and ghazals), and commentary honouring Gandhi, his work, and Urdu, a language that was pricey to him.
Lokesh Jain, Syeda Hameed and Rene Singh
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The present is organised by the Telangana and Andhra Pradesh chapters of the Sarvodaya Worldwide Belief. Aruna Bahuguna — secretary of the Belief and former IPS officer—says, “Sarvodaya Belief, an All-India organisation, was fashioned to unfold the beliefs and the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. We attempt to attain out to college students and youth all yr lengthy via completely different programmes. Each Gandhi Jayanti, we commemorate Gandhi’s life not directly. This yr, we have now the Hamari Urdu Mohabbat group presenting a narrative utilizing poetry, music, and commentary.”
Journey to the fore
Syeda Hameed
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Hamari Urdu Mohabbat is a Delhi-based group conceived by Begum Zakia Zaheer to convey collectively Urdu lovers on a literary discussion board. Peer Parayi Jaane Re options three performers – Syeda Hameed, sufi singer Rene Singh, and theatre artist Lokesh Jain. “The narrative brings Gandhi’s journey to the fore via poetry, passages of prose, little excerpts of his speeches, via songs and recitation,” says Syeda Hameed.
Breaking language barrier
Rene Singh
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Apart from that includes poetry by well-known poets reminiscent of Faiz Ahmed Faiz, a big a part of the present options traditional poems by poets who wrote in Urdu and weren’t Muslims. One such poet is Tilok Chand Mehroom. “Tilok Chand’s poetic identify ‘mehroom’ means ‘one who’s humble’ and he wrote essentially the most lovely Urdu poetry about Gandhi. This fully negates the language barrier created between Urdu and Hindi. And Gandhi needed it that means,” says Syeda and provides, “We’re sort of blurring these boundaries”
She remembers that Mahatma Gandhi had requested Maulvi Abdul Haq the place he may be taught Urdu and was suggested to learn Hali’s (Altaf Hussain Hali) poetry. “Hali wrote in 1874 in regards to the empowerment of girls, how girls are by no means given the standing and the rights in any faith, together with Islam. Talking of Hindu-Muslim unity, Hali had stated, “For the welfare of your nation, you need to regard your self first as a human household.”
The programme begins with ‘Purab se surya jag taara’, a musical rendering adopted by snippets on Gandhi. The group additionally presents bhajan ‘Vaishnav Jan To’, ‘Awwal Allah Noor Upaaya’, a shabad gurbani and the poem ‘Jagao na Bapu ko neend aa gayi’ by Shameen Karhani. “This distinctive expertise is a tribute to Gandhi via music and verse.”
Peer Parayi Jaane Re, a musical narrative on the lifetime of Gandhi, will likely be held at Ashaina Convention and Banquet Centre in Banjara Hills on October 1, 5pm onwards.
Revealed – September 30, 2024 02:08 pm IST
