Book Review
Poet of love and
pathos
A Tempest in Silence By Jagdish Prakash translated by Prof
Muhammad Sanker
Publisher Nale e dil publications Lahore, Pakistan
Bazgasht (Return of a wanderer)
When two countries are beset with
terrorism and border strife Jagdish Parkash has written these poems that seem
to emit a message of love and peace to those who are fighting for political gains.These
two books depict the silence of tempest as reflected by the caption but also these two books are
tribute to the sensitive poetry of an Indian poet in Urdu that challenge many
established notions of writing ghazals of sharab and saqi only. His achievement
in raising a flag of love in Pakistan
and message of friendship and common heritage between two countries are
epic of harmony. Though tormented within in separation love or turbulence of
romantic vibrations in his heart, he follows his path of ekla chcalo re. He
bemoans passing phase of turmoil , Aaj ka daur nahin kal ke zamane ka hisab/
AArzi waqt se sadion ko na tolo logo. I think there is no better message of
love for two countries who have become oblivious to weigh the common culture of two countries .
To me he looks alien in the land
of existentialism.in vain search of Picasso or when he runs after Bulleh Shah’s
Ki jana main kaun. He is at his best at home turf when he depicts the lyrical beauty
of nature or a damsel ‘larazte reshmi hathon ka mausam/ kahan hai un mulakaton
ka mausam ‘. Another Yeh hawa pee ke chali hai teri khashboo ki shrab/ Id hawa
ko meri sanson main bhataak jane do ;.His feelings and sense of loneliness have
pathos that are missing in contemporary Indian urdu poetry. ‘Kisi daman ki
panahon main simatne ke liye/ kin mahazon se main lota hoon use kaya maloom’.
Or kisi ne yaad kiya tab bhi ham bahut roye/ Jo usne tham liya tab bhi ham
bahut roye’.
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