Foreword of Aag ka Dariya

mmm...wel frst of all plz tel me any1 ..is quratulain hyder stil alive? she is the writer who hs inspired me the most aftr khalil jibran..hr words seem to b expressing my heart...plz tel me is she still alive..another thing that i wnt to ask other fans of annie..and annie herself..is Y WS SHE SO MUCH AGAINT THE PARTITION OF INDIA? i m nt being offensive towards indians...bt i wnt to know that b coz pakistan is said to founded on such firm grounds as TWO NATION IDEOLOGY..that is ...the difference btween hinduism n islam...i feel xtremely cnfusd cz the writer i find so close to my feelings feels the opposite on this important issue of indo pak partition...plz rply any1.

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I think Annie Hyder (as she styled herself while holding the powerful Information Czar post in the government of Pakistan) wrote best and fresh in ` Maire Bhi Sanam Khanay`.Its zietgiest portrayal was never surpassed in later work, which increasingly became a rehash and totally baroque .
Anyway, I would like to know if Qurratul ain Haider is still alive, and if so, where?

Aag Ka dirya is my first love with any Literature ever.Gotam Neelmbar to Kamal ,to a perfoundly shiffting of Era`s and eons beautifully display a writer`s romance with her chercters.I found the book to be a simply Mesmerizing piece to it`s reader. with a playful yet very dominant realtion between the dailaouges and Times.

S.P.Wakil #8
[There must have been a reason behind the appearance of this confusing piece here, the reason, that is, which I have not been able to fathom.]

You are not the only one, hence my ``dakhal dar maqoolat`` at #6.

Ras#7
Although a film named ``Aag ka Darya`` was made in Pakistan, it had nothing to do with the novel.

There must have been a reason behind the appearance of this confusing piece here, the reason, that is, which I have not been able to fathom. I resent the waste of my time.

#4 urstruly

``- liberal my ass.`` How true!! The last thing liberal in this universe is your ass. A silly response, so unlike the previous `record`.

Gill Sahib continues to educate us via translation.

Was Aag Ka Darya ever made into a movie?

Ras

To continue this tradition of Qurrat-ul-Ain Haider`s foreword, here is a
quote from her foreword to Javed Akhtar`s collection of poetry
Turkash,which might be of some relevance here.

“It should be understood that the cultural centres of north India--- from
Rohailkhand, Avadh, Purab Desh to Bihar were famous for their schools, libraries
which were patronized by the educated elite. After 1947 this great cultural
heritage died without a whimper. This was the last link of the destruction that
befell Baghdad, Delhi and Lucknow. Now there is nothing left to destroy. The
derelict and abandoned structures that we see now were once alive and occupied
by caring, cultured and educated people. These places were the centre of Muslim
aristocracy. Nearly 60-65 years ago some youngsters came sloganeering out of
these cities and towns: they were Sajjad Zaheer, Sibte Hassan, Majaz, Ali Jawwad
Zaidi, Sardar Jafri, Kaifi Azmi and Jan Nisar Akhtar and a little senior to them
from Maleehabad, Josh --- the revolutionary poet.

These youngsters owed their allegiance to a party that had had mixed up its
priorities and had wrongly attacked religion. That may have been correct marxism
but certainly bad politics. This had an adverse effect on the generally passive
religious populace, turning them against their Party and in the aftermath of
independence paved the way for Jamaat Islami and Jan Sangh. Bravo!--- there was
a time when these very masses waited to be led by the Party.”

Mr. Gill:

I read this novel in sixtees and believe me I could not figure out anything. I was looking for a traditional story line with usual plot and format and it was difficult for me understand the fading out and re-emergence of a character in another time.

I read it again after 20 years and I enjoyed it. Ms. Haider writes from a unique perspective and many times uses english words written in Urdu. For person like me who who can understand simple urdu and early on did not have enough vocab. in english, she is a tough writer to read.

Now I enjoy her books and look forward to reading her new books.

Gill Sahib, where in the USA, I can find her books?

It is said that cockroaches can survive even a nuclear holocaust; I think same is true for commies; as their empire collapsed they changed their religion and started calling themselves ``liberal left`` - liberal my ass.

Mr. Gill should be commended for bringing this important piece of literature to the fore. For years commie 5th columnists have been obfuscating the minds of general pakistanis with their anti-paksitan anti-muslim propaganda presenting Q. Haider as queen of liberalism and how she was protesting ideology of paksitan in aag ka darya.

See their conviction:

http://63.194.130.82/cgi-bin/show_article.cgi?aid=00000857&channel=gulberg&start=10&end=19&page=2&chapter=1#52

BTW. I found aag ka darya , the worst written book ever. It is a pain to read even the first chapter. I like some of the short stories by QH though.

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Author:
Excellent. Can you translate some excerpts/short stories of her monumental work as well? Aag Ka Darya translated into English was published a few years ago.
Thank you.

RE #1 Mustafa Haider:
The last time I heard he still lives in gulshan-e-iqbal, karachi in his run down/unpainted house which badly needs repairs. I now understand your earlier(?) reference to the scions of the haider khandan.

wsalam,

Aasif

I have not read the original but this translation is really flows.
I`m glad that Annie appa wrote and clarified some matters which were of concern to Pakistanis. It is nice to know that she was not censored in Pakistan and that she re-settled in India not because of hindu/muslim or Pak/Indo issue.

Does anyone know where is Mustafa Haider (alive ?) and his daughters Noor-Al Ain Haider & other one (name ?).