Caravan of death rolls on
Passing away of several important personalities has been reported during the period of Ramazan converging with the peak of Corona pandemic in India.
By M A Siraj| Updated: 10th May 2021 10:37 pm IST
Depredations of COVID-19 have snatched away several precious lives from us in the recent days, especially during 2021 Ramazan.
The second wave of Corona virus infection has taken a heavy toll of lives across the nation. Common men and women are falling victim to it by dozens in every town and city, but it has been unsparing in its assault and has ruined lives regardless of class and caste. It has been startling to find deaths caused in families which had access to the elite hospitals and state-of-the-art medical facilities. In certain cities, the spaces for obituary advertisements in newspapers have outstripped the space devoted to commercial ones. It is needless to say that only those who can afford to pay announce the death of near, dear and important
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Urdu translator Syed Ahmed Esar dead
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He translated Rumi’s 13th century magnum opus Masnavi
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He translated Rumi’s 13th century magnum opus Masnavi
Noted Urdu writer and translator Syed Ahmed Esar, 98, known for his translations of classical Persian poetry of Allama Iqbal and Rumi into Urdu, passed away in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
His son Syed Sultan said that he was suffering from age-related ailments and was hospitalised on Tuesday night.
Born in the garrison of Mysore Lancers in Munireddy Palya to a World War I veteran in 1922, Syed Ahmed Esar lived in the narrow Sher Khan Galli off Avenue Road almost all his life. A former Indian Forest Service officer, he worked as the Chief Conservator of Forests, Karnataka, and retired from service in 1980.