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LAHORE: Sahir Ludhianvi never compromised on his ideology despite the Indian cinema compromising with him.
This was stated by journalist Raza Rumi in a conference held in connection with the birth centenary celebrations of the famous Urdu poet and lyricist organised by the Progressive Writers Association (PWA) at the Research and Publication Centre in Lahore on Saturday.
The conference was hosted by Javed Aftab, the central secretary of the PWA.
Rumi said though Sahir wrote for films but all his songs assumed high standards of poetry and his political consciousness was apparent in his songs.
“Sahir’s film songs are neither political slogans nor parts of a speech from some rally, they are eternal part of the cinema and social consciousness of millions of fans associated with it,” he added,
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LIKE other living organisms, libraries too die. They may survive for 700 years as Oxford’s Bodleian Library has done, but even that venerable institution is succumbing to infirmity.
Readers of my last column complained that there had been omissions in my mention of libraries that had been vandalised or destroyed throughout history. They are advised to access Google where they will find a lengthy but even then incomplete list of libraries that are remembered only for their ashes. Alternatively, they might find an answer in the last time they themselves visited a library.
Anyone who has grown up without a book as a sibling has had a deprived childhood. The seeds of my library were sown in my head, when, at a young age, I went to sleep to the sound of a book being read to me. As a student in England, I had access to the local public library that offered a limited range of titles to locals with even fewer interests. Two books a week spread over three terms a
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Like other living organisms, libraries too die. They may survive for 700 years as Oxford’s Bodleian Library has done, but even that venerable institution is succumbing to infirmity.
Readers of my last column complained that there had been omissions in my mention of libraries that had been vandalised or destroyed throughout history. They are advised to access Google where they will find a lengthy but even then incomplete list of libraries that are remembered only for their ashes. Alternatively, they might find an answer in the last time they themselves visited a library.
Anyone who has grown up without a book as a sibling has had a deprived childhood. The seeds of my library were sown in my head, when, at a young age, I went to sleep to the sound of a book being read to me. As a student in England, I had access to the local public library that offered a limited range of titles to locals with even fewer interests. Two books a week spread
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