ABOUT THE PROGRAM

The Guldasta-e-Urdu team comes together to keep alive the poetry of Padma Shri Ali Sardar Jafri. Twenty years after his demise, we find his work relevant even today for he consistently injected truth and philosophy in it. This lent his work a life that is indescribable.
Nasima Merchant, Dr. Mumtaz Munawar and Kanchan Tripathi will take you on a journey of his poems, proving the immportality of Ali Sardar Jafri’s labour of love.

ABOUT ALI SARDAR JAFRI

Padmashri Ali Sardar Jafri was an eminent Urdu poet, short-story writer, dramatist, editor, critic and filmmaker. A contemporary of Faiz Ahmed Faiz, he published many anthologies including Nai Duniya Ko Salaam, Khoon Ki Lakeer, Patthar Ki Deewar, Ek Khawab Aur, Lahu Pukarta Hai, Mera Safar. His last anthology was Sarhad, which the then Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, carried with him on his bus journey to Lahore in 1999.
His notable awards include Padma Shri, Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship and Jananpith Award.

FUND RAISER

In aid of Nityaasha Foundation, a charitable trust serving under-privileged children suffering from Type1 Diabetes.

Date: Monday, 21st Dec 2020 | Time: 07.30 – 8.45 PM (IST)