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A.R. Kidwai, Governor of Haryana, presenting the Ghalib Award 2004 for Contribution to Science to Mohd. Khalil, at a function at Ghalib Institute in New Delhi on Friday. Photo: Shanker Chakravarty
NEW DELHI, DEC. 24. To promote the works of Urdu and Persian litterateurs, Ghalib Institute today presented the Ghalib Awards 2004 to eminent Urdu and Persian poets and scholars at a function here in the Capital. The Haryana Governor, A.R. Kidwai, conferred the Ghalib Award for Urdu literary services on Sayyed Mohd. Aqeel, a former Urdu teacher; Devender Assar for Urdu prose and Mohammad Khalil for his contribution to science. Well-known dramatist Aziz Qureshi received the Hum Sub Ghalib Award for Urdu drama. Addressing the gathering, the Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, Mushirul Hasan, said the Ghalib Institute was bridging the geographical divide by providing a platform to Urdu and Persian scholars based in the United Kingdom, Pakistan and South Africa. "For the past 10 years I have been reading the works of eminent Urdu poet Anees. Some of his lines I have used in my historical narrative titled "From Pluralism to Separatism: Qasbas in Colonial Avadh". His work has been useful to me while writing about the environment prevailing during the Partition of the country, especially those families that were split and those that were wiped out. I have used some of his paragraphs to not only strengthen my narrative but also highlight my community's agony and helplessness during those turbulent times," added Mr. Hasan. Mr. Kidwai said: "Former President late Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed wanted us to promote Indian culture and language, especially Urdu language. The Ghalib Institute has not only been holding seminars and conferring awards, but also releasing a number of books. This is enriching Delhi's cultural life. Urdu literature has been thriving in Hindustan for more than 500 years and its understanding by the masses has increased."
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