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Sattar, and Balwant Singh. Qurratul Ain Hyder's "Aag Ka Darya" is a modern classic. Commendable effort has been made at writing dramas and in this field, the contributions of Mohammed Hasan, Masihuzzaman, Reorti Saran Sharma and Kartar Abdul
Duggal are noteworthy. 18 2.96 In literary crititicism, the established writers are still active but many new names Singh
emerged. Among these whose talent has won recognitionin the post- have
Humour Humour and and Satire
Satire
era are Shamsul Rehman Farooqi, Mahmud Ayaz, Baqar Mehdi, Mahmud Hashmi, Wahid Akhtar and Aslam Parvez, and Wahab Ashrafi. Independence
The record of Urdu writers in the field of humour and satire has been exceptionally brilliant and its history reaches back to the early Mughal period. The names of Birbal, 2.97
Do Piaza and Jafar Zatalli have become household words. Sauda, Zahik and Insha were masters of this craft. In the recent past, the Awadh Punch produced a whole class of houmourists and satirists. Munshi Sajjad Husain, Ratan Nath Sarshar, Mirza Mulla
Beg and later mumtaz Husain Usmani and Zarif Lucknavi have all left their mark. in the, pre- independence period, A. S. Bokhari (Pitras) Rashid Ahmed Siddiqui, Azim Beg Chughtai and Shaukat Thanvi were among the prominent humourists. In the Bachhu
period also, we have satirists of the calibre of Kanhaiya Lal Kapoor. post-Independence
Fresh Fresh Fresh Fields
Fields
tradition has been maintained by Wahi,Yusuf Nazim, Fikr Taunsavi, Ahmed Jamal Pasha, Mujtaba Husain and Bharat Chand Khanna. The most prolific humourist of the period was Ghulam Ahmed "Furqat" who had attracted notice even in the pre- The
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Independence days. Qazi Ghulam Mohammed of Kashmir is also among the promising humourists of the day.
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