Waheed Akhtar
A Great Poet who opened his eyes to this world on 12th August in the city of Aurangabad in 1934 AD, the city famous for Ajanta and Ellora. The language which found expression of his poetic ideas was window to the realm of knowledge in real sense and one of the most beautiful of medium Man has communicated through since the birth of civilization. The beauty known to world as ‘URDU’. Waheed Akhtar was a poet who wrote and adorned Urdu with one of the finest poetry in this language.
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Monday, November 4, 2013
Tulaba-e-Osmania ke naam (For the Students of Osmania): Taraanah-e-Osmania (Anthem of Osmania University)
Monday, July 23, 2012
Monday, December 15, 2008
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Turning Point In American History
Turning Point In the history of America
That’s what I feel on this day of 4th of November, 2008, when people of USA voted Barack Obama for the 44th US President. They have shown once again why they are a great nation. They voted in the interest of common good of the people of USA and for the cause of humanity, for the ‘hope’, for the ‘change’ they had been seeking for a long long time. They rose up to the occasion to overcome their prejudices, and differences. From here this country will move in a new direction and re-define its future. This is the moment when one feels proud to witness the ‘history in making’. There are not many moments in one’s lifetime when you feel elated by being able to watch development of an important event in history. The first memory of such an event was when I was a kid, in 1979, when Islamic Revolution in Iran took place. People’s might turned the most powerful and tyrannical ruler of the middle-east into a paper tiger. The next important event was the disintegration of Soviet Union, not as a defeat of Communism, but the end of another tyrannical rule. Return of Soviet military from Afghanistan was the turning point in the Soviet history, I felt then, when I first saw the headlines in Indian newspapers of that time, ‘Soviet Union to Withdraw its Troops from Afghanistan’. The next event in history that shortly followed was also in Europe and it was the Fall of Berlin Wall and Re-Unification of Germany. The Wall that divided people since 2nd World War was no more, boundaries separating the east from the west Germany disappeared into air. I had heard about the’ stories’ which were the real stories of people trying to cross into the western territory to meet their aspirations or their dear ones who were divided by fate, of not their own making. The next event to unfold was in the land which is known as of Gandhi's Karmbhoomi, the south of African continent, in South Africa. The event was the release of Nelson Mandela and the end of Apartheid. Nelson Mandela has become a living epitome of Leadership in Modern World History. He is undoubtedly among the most admired, adored and respected of human beings to walk on this Earth, in modern times. And it did not come to him with ease, it came through 27 years of confinement, he created that niche in people’s heart by leading selflessly and bearing hardships that came on his way to liberate his people to freedom and dignity, and make his country a role model for other countries of the world, in terms of multi-racial democracy, in prosperity, in stability, peace and freedom. In all these important landmark events of modern history, there was and will be one thing in common, and that is victory of human freedom and life of dignity and equal opportunity. All of these were People’s Movements. And any movement that is driven by feeling of common good and common freedom is bound to triumph. Today’s event is one such event in the history of modern World. It is the realization of a long cherished dream. May Allah bless all such movements and give all of us the ability to know and recognise those movements. In the end someone may question why did I not count the Independence of India, as an event of historical significance? Well, it was indeed one such event, but I was not born yet to witness it, but, I feel extremely proud and lucky to inherit the gift of freedom from my ancestors and savor every moment of it. Let us not waste this great legacy which we often take for granted.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Khalifatahun Fil Arz
Ya khuda-e-Zul Jalaal
Khaliq-e-maujood-o-na-maujood, zaat-e-La-yizaal
Arsh-o-kursi, salsabeel-o-kausar-o-lauh-o-qalam tera jamaal
Jinn-o-naas, Iblees-o-Jibraeel-o-malaik teri qudrat ka kamaal
Jannat-e-mauood-o-jalwahhai na mash-hood ke pahloo raqs karta khak ka nanha sa zarra yeh zameen
Tu ne is zarre ko dee hai arsh-o-kursi ki bulandi asmaan ki wusa’atein
Tu ne Aadam mein mujassam kar diye apne kamaalaat-o-sifaat
Az karaan ta be-karaan pheli khalaaon mein banaya khaak ke putle ko tasweer-e-hayaat
Adl-o-sidq-o-haq ka hai ma’yaar yeh mahdood zaat
Ek nanha sa sharara aur us per kul khudaai’ ka hai baar
Ek wajood aur usko halqe main liye hai har taraf se zulmaton ka bahar-e-na-paida kinaar
Zindagi majboor aur marg-o-adam ba-ikhtiyaar
Yeh amaanatdaar-e-takhleeq aadmi
Ya adm, zulmaat aur andhee khala
Kaun hai na'ib Tera
Mere Khuda?
Tamtaraaq-e-nuqra-o-zar, la’al-o-gauhar ka sabaat
Tashnagee ka regzaar, aasuda kaamee ki faraat
Khwahishon ke dasht-o-sahraa, aarzoo ki kaai’naat
Hasraton ke sard laashey, justuju ke garm haat
Jism ke masroof din aur rooh ki be-chain raat
Darmiyaan mein waqt ka kuchh faslaa rakh lo to sab na-bood hain
Shama’ bujh jaye to yeh saare manaazir halqahhai dood hain
Hast per na-bood haakim
Waaqa’ee per waham-e-na-maujood hakim
Aadmi ya aadmi ki shakl ke na-bood-o-na-maujood halqahhai dood
Kaun hai naayab tera
Mere Khuda?
Bum, missile, aasmani lab, rocket aur khalaaee shahsawaar
Qahat-o-sailaab-o-waba, ghusse se shaq hoti zameen, aatish ba seenah-e-kohsaar
Khurdani na-khurdani ajnaas ke masrooqah godaam
Zulm-o-istehsaal-o-milkeeyat ke hafiz shara’-o-dastoor-o-qawaneen-e-tashadud aashkar
Qatil aur saariq ke khanazaad hain nazm-o-nasq ke ikhtiyaar
Mazhar-e-shaan-e-khudawandee ki hain majbooriyaan na-deedani, na-guftani
Faaqaah-o-beemaari-o-iflaas ke raunde huey insaan chichaurhi haddiyon ke waastey
Bhaunktey ek doosre per, nochte ek doosre ki botiyaan
Mahnat-o-imaandaari hai sag-e-shahr-e-hawas
Aadmi ya aadmi per hukmraan qanoon ka zaalim hisaar
Kaun na'ib hai Tera
Mere Khudaa?
Har taraf aadmi hain baalishtiyon ki bastiyaan
Baans ki tango pe chalti qadd-e-aadam pastiyaan
Baunepan ki hain talaafi oonchee oonchee kursiyaan
Pahlu’on mein zewaron se soney chaandi ki lade na-mardumee ki daastaan
Masnad-e-kam khwaab-o-deeba per saji kaldaar aankhon ki nachaati putliyaan
Karhkarhaatey kaghzon aur chamchamaatee dhaat ke rangeen khiloney ke liye kilkaariyaan
Shahr main baalishtiyon ke sar ba-zanoo aur kamar se hain khameeda aadmi
Sar utha kar gar khadaa ho jaye pooraa aadmi
Adl ki masnad bichhaa kar, kamtaree ki girha ko meezan banaa kar
Hukm denge qatl ka balishtiye
Aadmi ya aadmi ki shakl ke baalishtiye
Kaun na'ib hai Tera
Merey Khuda?
Jannat-e-mau’ood tere barish-e-anwaar rooyat ka Jamaal
Teri is maujood duniya mein hai na-bood hukm
Zulm-o-istehsaal ka qanoon hakim
Aadmi per aadmi ke shakl ke baalishtiye hain hukmraan
Kya teri mau’ood jannat mein bhi hai na-bood ke andhe qawaneen
Aur insaan shakl baunon ka muqaam?
Kya hamein hoga wahan bhi sirf apne khoon-e-dil per ikhtiyaar?
Kya wahan bhi karna hoga, hamko har lamhah sawaal
Kaun na'ib hai Tera
Mere Khuda?
Waheed Akhtar