Gulzar Dehlavi

Urdu was the language of the Muslims, a notion that was not introduced for political purposes. Many non-Muslims, especially Hindu and Sikh writers, made significant contributions to the promotion of the Urdu language. Munshi Premchand, Krishna Chander, Rajinder Singh Bedi, Upendranath Ashak, Firak Gorakhpuri (Raghupati Sahay) and among the poets, Ram Prasad Bismil, Gulzar, Kamar Jalalabadi (Omprakash Bhandari) and Pandit Brijnarayan Chakbast are some of the names that can be mentioned in the recipe. One of the names in this series is Pandit Anand Mohan Zutshi alias 'Gulzar' Dehalvi! After overcoming Corona and returning home, he died of a heart attack. He would have turned 95 next month.

Famous for his Urdu poetry and poetry, Gulzar Dehlavi was born in a neighborhood of Kashmiri Pandits called 'Gali Kashmiris' in Old Delhi. Father Pandit Tribhuvan Nath Zutshi 'Jhar' Dehalvi and mother Bridge Rani Zutshi 'Bezar' Dehalvi were both Urdu poets. Anand Mohan wrote poetry expressing various sentiments, but it came to be known as 'Inquilabi Shire'. His revolutionary poems became popular among the freedom fighters. To say that, he used to be invited to many mushairas, including political rallies in Delhi, and these loud poets fulfilled the orders of the audience. For Dehlavi, Urdu was not just a language of communication; So, it was a culture that envisioned a society based on justice, unity and respect for each other. After independence, Urdu, which was mainly confined to Muslims, became a subject of suspicion. The pain of this language division Due to this, Dehlavi had written a parody of the song 'Sare Jahan Se Achcha ..' - 'Sare Jahan Mein Ruswa Hindostan Hamara'. 'I fought the British. Since then, I have been fighting for religious unity and the promotion of Urdu, "he said.

He was honored to edit the country's first Urdu science magazine, but it was not an easy one. Even with the permission of Nehru and Maulana Azad in 1957-58, the anti-Urdu bureaucracy created obstacles. Finally, the magazine 'Science Ki Duniya' was published in 1976. Anand was trying to start Urdu schools all over the country and abroad. He was awarded the Padma Shri for his contribution to Urdu poetry and literature, and was the recipient of the 2009 Mir Taki Mir Award.