Birth Anniversary of Akbar
Allahabadi celebrated at PU
National Tele24 News
Chandigarh
Department of
Hindi,PU,Chandigarh today commemorated the birth anniversary of the famous Indian Urdu poet
Akbar Hussain Rizvi, popularly known as Akbar Allahabadi. Known for satire
in his poetry Allahabadi’s life and works were the highlight of today’s’
literary exchange organized by Kahi Ankhai, the literary exchange platform of
the Dept. of Hindi. The famous line penned by Allahabadi, ‘Kheencho
na kamaanon ko na talwaar nikaalo, Jab top muqaabil ho to akhbaar nikaalo'
showcased the second theme of today’s event which was the National Press day.
As the Dept. paid a tribute to
the poet it also brought in the celebrations for the National Press Day as the two happened to coincide. Dr. Chander Trikha, Director,
Haryana Urdu Academy, was the key speaker for the occasion and delivered a
lecture on life and works of Akbar Allahabadi. He highlighted that Akbar
Allahabadi was one of the staunch supporters of freedom of Press and the
way he has emphasized the freedom of Press is unparalleled. Dr. Gurmeet
Singh, Chairperson, Dept. of Hindi, said that the Department decided to celebrate
a joint event which commemorated the birth anniversary of Akbar Allahabadi and
brought forth intellectual exchange on his writings with the context of
National Press Day. After the lecture, the faculty Prof SP sehgal , Dr Ashok
Kumar and students from the Department engaged in an interactive session
with Dr. Trikha. Some of them also recited the famous couplets of
Allahabadi.The program was conducted by Vinay,student of MA 1st Semester.
He briefed the students about the relevance and importance of National Press
Day.
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