LAHORE, June 25: Urdu journalism is not publishing reviews on the literature being produced in the (Urdu) language and this trend will fail to encourage the writers and inculcate passion among people for book reading.
Noted writers and poets shared the opinion at the launch of Dr Amjad Parvez's book "Rainbow of Reflections" at Alhamra Hall here on Saturday.
"The reviews on Urdu literature are available in the English dailies. No-one seems willing to patronise Urdu literature," they said.
Intizar Husain said today Urdu dailies did not publish reviews on Urdu books. He said in the past a lot more was written about the Urdu literature, music, theatre and film.
He lauded Dr Parvez's efforts towards publishing a book which carries thorough reviews of 150 books, many of them of Urdu literature. "How can people be motivated to buy the books without informing them about these," he said.
An engineer by profession, Dr Parvez is a versatile singer and was awarded Pride of Performance in 2000. His new book comprises reviews of 150 books published between 2006 and 2011 in different languages. Shafqat Tanvir Mirza, Prof Khwaja Muhammad Zakariya, Asghar Nadeem Syed, Bushra Ijaz, Khalid Mahmood, Mushtaq Hashmi, Amir Bin Ali, Abbas Tabish and Sarfraz Syed also spoke. — Staff Reporter
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'Rainbow of Reflections' launched
Source: OUR STAFF REPORTER June 26, 2011
LAHORE - Launching ceremony of Dr Amjad Parvez's book 'Rainbow of Reflections', a collection of literary articles, held at the Alhamra Hall, The Mall Saturday.
Famous fiction writer Intizar Hussain presided over the ceremony while a number of speakers including Professor Dr Khawaja Muhammad Zakariya, Mushtaq Hashmi, Murtaza Barlas, Amir Bin Ali, Khalid Ahmed and others expressed their views on the book. The speakers lauded the efforts of the writer and stressed upon the need for such books.
Meanwhile, 'Of Errors and I', a novel by a young writer Tarteel Rao was launched at local hotel.
Famous poet and Director Majlis-e-Tarriq-e-Adab Shahzad Ahmed presided over the lunching ceremony.
Initizar Hussain and Khalid Sharif were also present on the occasion. The speakers said our youngsters were more creative than elders. They said the style of writing and plot of the story depicted the expertise of young writer.
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