Shakhsar

Shakhsar
Native name
شاخسار
EditorAmjad Najmi
FoundedJune 1965
Final issueMay 1973
CountryIndia
Based inCuttack, Odisha
LanguageUrdu

Shakhsar (Urdu: شاخسار, romanized: śāxsār, lit. 'thicket, grove, bower, garden, twigs, tree branches'), also spelt as Shaakhsaar, was an Urdu literary magazine published in Cuttack, Odisha, India, edited by Amjad Najmi. Initially, this magazine played a central role in connecting and introducing the literary world of Odisha to the Urdu world of India and outside India within a short period of time.

History

In June 1965, a year before the publication of Shabkhoon, Karamat Ali Karamat started this bi-monthly magazine from Cuttack under the editorship of his teacher Amjad Najmi as the spokesperson of pure and healthy modernity.

The first issue was published in June–July 1965, and the last issue was published in May 1973.

On the contribution of Shakhsar to Urdu literature, Salman Raghib has written a thesis on the subject of "Contribution of Shakhsar to Urdu Literature" and obtained his Ph.D. from Utkal University in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Some of Shakhsar's editorials and commentaries were published under the title "Shakhsar ke Idariye aur Tabsare" (transl. Shakhsar's Editorials and Commentaries) by Insha Publications, Kolkata.

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Press in India. Vol. 2. Office of the Registrar of Newspapers. 1971. p. 663. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  2. ↑ Ahmed, Nuruddin (1988). The Brightest Heaven (1988 ed.). Cuttack: Husn-e-Jahan Publications. p. 11.
  3. ↑ Amīn, Md Rūhul (28 July 2022). "Karamat Ali Karamat: Life and works" (in Urdu). Qindeelonline. Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  4. ↑ Mohanty, Gopinath (2002). Cultural Heritage of [Orissa]. Bhubaneswar: State Level Vyasakabi Fakir Mohan Smruti Samsad. p. 31. ISBN 9788190276153.
  5. 1 2 Newalpuri 2001, p. 294.
  6. ↑ Karamat 2006, p. 11.
  7. ↑ Siddiqui 2012, p. 45.
  8. ↑ Siddiqui 2012, p. 46.
  9. ↑ Karamat, Karamat Ali (2021). Mere Muntakhab Pesh lafz (Criticism and analysis) (in Urdu). New Delhi: Educational Publishing House. p. 9.

Bibliography

Former issues on rekhta.org