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The Eternal Spring

Sarchashma-e-abadi
Idrak Bhatty
Foreword by Qurat-ul-Ain Haider Illustrations by Pritam Bhatty

Urdu poetry is a universe of lustrous pictures that presents in words of varying hue a delicacy of thought and depth of meaning.   "Here, the inner world of the poet and life around him is illumined by an enchanting expose in a picture gallery of verse." — Qurat-ul-Ain Haider

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Urdu poetry is a universe of lustrous pictures that presents in words of varying hue a delicacy of thought and depth of meaning.   "Here, the inner world of the poet and life around him is illumined by an enchanting expose in a picture gallery of verse." — Qurat-ul-Ain Haider
Every word, every simile and metaphor bears within itself a whole world of meaning, and this is the virtue of a great language that represents a celebrated civilisation. This is the kind of poetry that can be rendered easily into English without hurting its poetic quality because it is free of the unnecessary ornamentation common to all eastern poetry. Like most Indians of the current age, Idrak Bhatty too has been nurtured in both eastern and western cultures. The accent of these poems has its own distinctive identity; their rhythm and idiom reflecting contemporary awareness. The audio CD includes a selection of poignant nazamas recited by Tom Alter, Uday Chandra and Chandar Khanna.

Idrak Bhatty was trained as an economist and was engaged in research both in India and abroad. He worked for The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) and was its Director General for the last ten years of his career. Bhatty developed an early love for Urdu and was influenced by Majaaz, one of the greatest modern Urdu poets.

Pritam Bhatty is an artist who has had several solo and group ,shows in India and abroad. She lives and works in Nagpur.

Uday Chandra is a classical Hindustani singer and a veteran of films, television, and stage. Chandar Khanna is an actor in films, television, and on stage and also produces and directs short feature films. Tom Alter is a dear friend of Uday and Chandar and shaagird of Idrak Bhatty. All three received their diplomas in film acting, from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, in 1974.

• Foreword
• Introduction
• Tents of Snow
• Thought That Was Not
• Magical Moment
• The Glass Wall
• The Face of Revolution—Kabul 1973
• The Face of Revolution—Kabul 1978
• The Face of Revolution—Kabul 2002
• The Gulf War
• They Know Not
• Hollow Deeds
• Dew Drop
• San Diego
• Shifting Shadows
• Traveller
• Far Over the Horizon
• Time and Life
• In Remembrance
• Kalaam
• I Was There
• Christmas
• Studded Diamonds
• Sometime
• Black Snow
• You and I
• Wings of a Teal
• Faces of the Wind
• Wounded Eyes
• Spots of Blood
• Ayesha
• For Lyala
• Between Us
• That Word
• You Will Come
• The Nuptial Knot
• Fragrance of the Garden Breeze
• A Song
ISBN 9788188204892
Pages 300
Size 5.5 x 8.5" (140 x 216 mm), hc
Date of Publishing 2008
Language(s) English
Co-publisher(s) Mapin
Rights Available World rights

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