Urdu Poet—Maulana Hasrat Mohani

Maulana Hasrat Mohani born in 1875 at Mohan in Unnao district of U.P. India. His real name was Syed Fazl ul Hasan. He was Urdu poet, politician, journalist and fearless freedom fighter.

Hasrat Mohani participated in the struggle for Indian Independence, he jailed by British authorities. He was the first person in Indian history who demanded complete independence in 1921 as he presided over an annual session of All India Muslim League.

He was also imprisoned for promoting anti-British ideas, especially an article publishing in his magazine Urdu-e-Mualla, against British policies in Egypt. Afterwards, unlike some Urdu poets, notably Nasir Kazmi, Josh Malihabadi and many other Muslim leaders, he chose to live in India after independence in1947.  

Some of his books are Kulliyat-e-Hasrat-Mohani, Sharh-e-Kalma-e-Ghalib, Nukaat-e-Sukhan, Mushahidaat-e-Zindaan, etc. His very famous ghazal Chupke Chupke raat din sung by Ghulam Ali.

Maulana Hasrat Mohani died on 13^th May, 1951 in Lucknow, India.

New Urdu Poetry book published

Another poetry book is written by one young writer Haroon Shinwari. His poetry book title is Khushboo Phailnay Tak. It is a collection of 83 Urdu poems .He has hit the stalls by his writings.

Haroon born in Landikotal in Khyber Agency in a Shinwari Pakhtun family, he did his masters in International Relations and also in Pashto literature from the University of Peshawar. Khushboo Phailnay Tak is the fourth venture of the author in the field of writing that he started in 1995.

He started his poetry writing career after impressed by Baba-e-Pashto Ghazal Amir Hamza Khan Shinwari. Haroon wrote his first book in English was An Introduction to Hamza Baba, his second work in literature was Urdu translation of a book The Plain Tales of Afghan Border by Sir Edward Brown, and his third contribution in writing was a Pashto poetry collection Zama Latoon Zama Janoon.

In the new book of Haroon contributed some pieces like Jirga, while impressed by a Pashto verse of Hamza Baba, Jhoot after impressed by Prof Rahmatullah Dard’s verse and Apni Muhabbat Wapis Lo after being impressed by the verse of late Dr Kabir Stori.