KAVISH BADRI IS NO MORE
By V. M. Khaleelur Rahman
KAVISH BADRI, the renowned Urdu poet is no more. He passed away on Thursday, 28th May 2009 in his native place Ambur. May his soul rest in peace.
The Urdu adage “Ghar ka peer maskhara” meaning our own saint has no value is more applicable to Kavish Badri, the mercurial, self respecting and emotional Urdu poet who did not seem to have “double standards”. He was straight-forward in his approaches and called a spade a spade. He never minced words. In other words he appeared what he was which is a rare quality of head and heart prevalent only among a very few people to say cautiously. In the present materialistic world there is dual standard everywhere. He was in Ambur after his retirement from the Madras University library near the Marina Beach. He was a great admirer of everything good and a strong critic of everything bad. His arguments were issue based. He was doodh ka doodh paani ka paani.
Kavish Badri was not only an excellent poet but also a good singer. He used to keep the audience under his spell with the powers of his pen and tongue. Urdu lovers were very particular about his participation in mushairas. However we missed him in a grand all India mushaira in Ambur held sometime ago.
Kavish Badri had many awards and laurels to his credit and one of them is the prestigious HAZRAT AMEER KHUSRAO NATIONAL AWARD which was bestowed upon him in 2006. He rose to the limelight after he had written a long epic “Shradhanjali” on the demise of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in 1965 which received appreciation from both Urdu and Hindi scholars including Firaq Ghorakpuri. His another book “Kaviyam” was also popular receiving both bouquets and brickbats from the people and it was discussed even in the Tamil Nadu assembly. His other books were “Kulfayakoon” and “Qibla Numa”
Kavish Badri wrote a poem in praise of the late journalist A.A. Ravoof saheb and recited it in the mushaira held on 3rd October 1976 in his memory in Ambur I borrow the following verses from it to adore the poet.
Kitne insan zinda rahkar pathar se bhi badtar hain
Kitne murde gal sadkar bhi gauher se bahtar hain
Naam uska zinda hoga kaam jo sab ke aaya
Phir bhi tera gham taza phir bhi tera gham taza
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By V. M. Khaleelur Rahman
KAVISH BADRI, the renowned Urdu poet is no more. He passed away on Thursday, 28th May 2009 in his native place Ambur. May his soul rest in peace.
The Urdu adage “Ghar ka peer maskhara” meaning our own saint has no value is more applicable to Kavish Badri, the mercurial, self respecting and emotional Urdu poet who did not seem to have “double standards”. He was straight-forward in his approaches and called a spade a spade. He never minced words. In other words he appeared what he was which is a rare quality of head and heart prevalent only among a very few people to say cautiously. In the present materialistic world there is dual standard everywhere. He was in Ambur after his retirement from the Madras University library near the Marina Beach. He was a great admirer of everything good and a strong critic of everything bad. His arguments were issue based. He was doodh ka doodh paani ka paani.
Kavish Badri was not only an excellent poet but also a good singer. He used to keep the audience under his spell with the powers of his pen and tongue. Urdu lovers were very particular about his participation in mushairas. However we missed him in a grand all India mushaira in Ambur held sometime ago.
Kavish Badri had many awards and laurels to his credit and one of them is the prestigious HAZRAT AMEER KHUSRAO NATIONAL AWARD which was bestowed upon him in 2006. He rose to the limelight after he had written a long epic “Shradhanjali” on the demise of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in 1965 which received appreciation from both Urdu and Hindi scholars including Firaq Ghorakpuri. His another book “Kaviyam” was also popular receiving both bouquets and brickbats from the people and it was discussed even in the Tamil Nadu assembly. His other books were “Kulfayakoon” and “Qibla Numa”
Kavish Badri wrote a poem in praise of the late journalist A.A. Ravoof saheb and recited it in the mushaira held on 3rd October 1976 in his memory in Ambur I borrow the following verses from it to adore the poet.
Kitne insan zinda rahkar pathar se bhi badtar hain
Kitne murde gal sadkar bhi gauher se bahtar hain
Naam uska zinda hoga kaam jo sab ke aaya
Phir bhi tera gham taza phir bhi tera gham taza
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KAVISH BADRI & V.M.KHALEERUR RHAMAN
ReplyDeleteBOTH ARE FROM SAME NATIVE OF AMBUR AND ALSO I AM KHATEEB RAFATHULLAH FROM THE SAME NATIVE OF AMBUR. TAMILNADU. AS A URDU POET (KHATEEB RAFATHULLAH "RAFATH" AMBURI) MY DEUTY TO GIVE SOME FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS ARTICLE. JANAB LATE KHATEEB AZEEZULLAH SHAIB A URDU POET OF 1950 CALLED AS "VASFI" IS MY PATERNALLY UNCLE (CHACHA) ALSO MY PATERNALLY UNCLE (TAYA)ALIJANAB KHATEEB MOHAMMED AAZAM SAHIB POET OF 1925 WHO IS CALLED "MAQBOOL" . IN THAT PERIOD A MUSHAIRA WAS HELD IN THE RESPECT OF LATE KHAVISH BADRI ON 13-09-1952 IN AMBUR , BY THE SADARATH OF JANAB MAQBOOL AMBURI SAHIB.AT THAT PERIOD MY UNCLE JANAB VASFI AMBURI IS WRITTEN A GHAZAL ON THE MARRIAGE DAY OF KHAVISH BADADI AND AS A GIFT TO KAVISH BADADI.
ISHQ MAY AQAL KI NERANGI E TADBEER NA DEKH
AAH KAR TA HI CHALAJA KABHI TASEER NA DEKH
HUSN KI YURESH E PEHAMM SE NA GHABRA AYE DIL
HUSN SUB KUCH HAI YEHAN HUSN KI TAQREER NA DEKH
DIL E SUAD CHAAK MEY HAI HUSN E AZAL KA JALWAH
CHASHM E NAZARAAH TALAB HUSN KI TASWEER NA DEKH
ISHQ KEHNI HAI KEH TAHZEEB SARAPA HAI KHIRAD
UQAL KAHTI HAI KABHI ISHQ KI TAAMEER NA DEKH
NQSH ACCHA HAI TO BEY SAAQTA UTHTHI HAI NIGAH
YOUN ABUS SURATH NERNGI E TAHREER NA DEKH
ZNDAGI KI KASHMAKASH BEEM O RIJA HAI "WASFI"
BAZAM HASTI ME FAQATH SHOE E TAQDEER NA DEKH
DOCTOR KAKANGARAI MOHAMMED SADULLAH BASHA OF M.M.M.HOSPITAL CHENNAI.OF VANIYAMBADI
ReplyDeleteI REALLY VERY HAPPY TO KNOW OUR URDU LOVERS LIKE JANAB V.M.KHALEELUR RAHMAN AND MR. KHATEEB RAFATHULLAH RAFATH.
BOTH INFORMATION ON LATE KHAVISH BADRI IS RECORDABLE IN HISTORY OF URDU OF NORTH ARCOT DIST. NOW VELLORE DIST.
A INFORMATION TO THE URDU READERS THAT ON 7TH OF MARCH,2010 NIGHT IN JAMIYA DARUSSALAM OOMERABAD IN THE CHARMENSHIP OF BELOVED ALHAJ ALIJANAB KAKA MHAMMED SAYEED SAHIB OOMERI OF VELLORE DIST. A YEARLY MUSHAIRA WAS HELD AND IN LEADERSHIP OF MOULANA MOULVI ABUL BAYAAN SAHIB " HAMMAD" AND THE GUEST IS JANAB SOZE AHMED OF FILM POET FROM BOMBAY. WITH THE FIRSTLINE OF POETS LIKE MOULANA SALIK NAYATHI, MOULANA YAQOOB ASLAM SHAIB , JANAB KHATEEB RAFATHULLAH SAHIB RAFATH AND ABOUT 30 POESTS AND ALSO WITH ME.
THE MUSHAIRA WAS HELD FROM 9 PM AND FINISHED AT ABOUT 4 AM. JANAB KHATEEB RAFATHULLAH RAFATH WAS HONOURED AS A ONE OF THE BEST POET OF THE DAY.
SAME TIME IN THE SAME MONTHS MONLTHLY MAGAZINE THE "RAAH E EIDITHAL" HAS COVED A GHAZAL OF JANAB RAFATH SAHIB AS IN TOPIC OF "HAQQAYEQ"
YOU CAN SEE THE MONTHLY RAH E EITHIDAL OF MARCH 2010. CHIEF EDITOR MOULANA HABIBUR RAHMAN SAHIB "ZAHID AZMI" OMERI,IN THE ADVISORY OF MOULANA ABUL BAYAN SAHIB HAMMAD, WITH MOULANA MOAMMED RAFI SAHIB KALLURI OMERI,MOULANA HAFIZUR RAHMAN SAHIB OMERI,MOULNA SANAULLAH SAHIB M.A. OMERI, MOULANA ZAFARUL HAQ SHAIB SHAKIR OMERI,AND MOULANA DOCTOR SAYEED AHMED BIN ABDULLAH OMERI.
CONTAINS THE GHAZAL AS FOLLOWS AND HE WRITTEN IN THE BASE OF ALLAMA IQUBALS "SAARE JEHAN SE ACCHA HINDUSTAN HAMARA":
DUSHMAN AGAR NA HO TA, KHUD RAZDAN HAMARA
HO TA NA AASHIKARA ,RAAZ E NIHA HAMARA
AAKHIR KO DHA DIYA HAI ,OOS KO BHI ZALIMON NE
MASJID KI SHAKAL MEY THA, JO EK NISHA HAMARA
KHUD JAB BIGAD RAHE HAIN, AURON KO DOUSH KIYA DEN
AGIYAAR KEON UTHAYE ,BAR E GIRAAN HAMARA
KIRDAR KI BULANDI, HASIL NA JAB HO HUMKO
KIYA KAAM AA SAKE GA ,ZOOR E BAYAN HAMARA
ANDAZ E FIKAR APNA ,AYE KAASH AEYSA HOTA
SOOD O ZIYAN HAI SUB KA, SOOD O ZIYAN HAMARA
EK SIMTH BARQ O BARAN , EK SIMTH ZULMATH GUL CHEEN
YOUN HADISON KI ZID PAR ,HAI AASHIYAN HAMARA
INSANIYATH KA RISHTA MAZBOOTH AGAR HO "RAFATH"
PHIR KEYON NA HUM YEH SAMAJEHE, SARA JAHAN HAMARA
(BY KHATEEB RAFATHULLAH "RAFATH" AMBURI, CHENNAI)
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