Karachi, recently assembled Urdu writers from all over the world to discuss ways to live longer, Mr. Right said.
Mr. Najmul Hassan Rizvi said, “It was a perfect setting for a conference that devoted a full day to the memory of Mir Taqi Mir, the oldest man of Urdu poetry who has been ruling the ghazal for almost three centuries.”
Mr. Right remarked, “Mir Sahib is a living tradition of Urdu ghazal.” And further Mr. Right said, “The event was a hat-trick for the Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi that is striving to revive the cultural life of the city which was plagued by violence and strife in the recent past.”
Mr. Najmul Hassan Rizvi said, “Our younger generation has a lot of distractions. And those who have opted to become writers need due recognition. As a result, many of our ‘new’ writers are still called ‘young’ even after turning 50 or 60.”
“The situation can improve definitely if the standard of education in Urdu is raised and the language is given its due status as demanded by the participants of the conference through a resolution,” Mr. Right said. “I was really impressed by the old guards of Urdu literature who came to attend the event despite bad health.”
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