By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Kashif_Ali]Kashif Ali
If you are fond of reading and that to of Urdu literature and that to of classical one, you should be aware of the great writers like Shafeeq-ur-Rehman, Tarar, Yousafi, Hijazi, Ashfaq Ahmed, Qudrut-ulla-shahab, Mumtaz Mufti and so many greats of their time. I have read their books to quench my literary thirst again and again, never felt bore. They are legends, who we all are proud to have amidst us in form and theory of books.
A child growing up nowadays would look stunned by the successors of those legends. I mean, what has happened to the new generation of writers? Why did they miss the classical touch, the super duper novels, the commendable style, the effortless writing, the supreme dominance over readers, the magnificent humor, the sweetest of romance and lovely books of our previous breed of writers. What really happened? I discussed it on Facebook as well in a group, "Shua, Kiran and Khawateen Digest" but there was no female writer to say anything about it. The responses came mainly from readers, just like me.
I read modern stories; there are few names which shine. For instance in females writers, mostly who write in female oriented digests, my picks would be Umaira Ahmed for sure. She is somewhat close to the great mark or level set by the previous writers. However, by close I mean close and not up to their level. Another one just behind Umaira is Faiza Iftikhar. I reckon her irony as well as natural humor is god's gifted tools. Then again, not between the ranks of Col. Mohammad khan or Shafeeq-ur-rehman. One such topnotch writer of today is Serwat nazir, her novels have a good characterization. That is not all, Nemrah, I consider to be a high rank and creative writer. Nemrah's recent novel was a great success. Nonetheless, they are today's popular writers and yet they are so far from the lights of the classical writers.
In quest of knowing the answer, I thought of resources. The resources, specially, literary were scarce in those old days, and nowadays you can have access to the libraries, online and offline, good tools of dictionaries, thesauruses, that can make writing so easy. Is this the lack of effort that has caused the difference? Is it the abundance of resources' access that is making our new ones low rank?
In old times, with less resources and more effort, they had put marvels. They used to do hard labor to get recognized without any social or medial attention. I strongly salute to the classical writers of Urdu literature who still rule the literary world of novels and poems. I urge all the modern ones to "step up" and be among the high ranks.
Considering today's male writers, situation gets worse. His name is Hashim nadeem who has got a little respect as a new writer, promising one. But, he again is far far away from being compared to the classical giants. What would they do to bring a new Manto or Mufti? Where did the talent go? Is it still there or the new generation has no interest in writing, whatsoever. Being a doctor or a CSP or an engineer or a businessperson sounds more profitable careers to them?
There must be a reason behind everything, and we need to find a solid one, unless the splendid journey of Urdu male and female writers are in danger with every passing day. We have writers, but we do not have legends. Legends are stars that shine for centuries, and simple writers get lost in dust of time.
Regards,
K
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