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April 21, 2002
CHILDREN'S BOOK REVIEW: Poetic delights
MUSHTAQUE Bukhari is a popular name in Sindhi children’s poetry. He is also a short story writer. His first collection of children’s poetry Geetan jahra bar was published in 1998 and won the Sindhi Adabi Sangat’s award.
The book under review is his third collection, which has 33 poems and has a preface by the renowned Sindhi poet and broadcaster, Kausar Buriro. Bukhari’s poems experiment with form and rhythm. The collection includes poems like ‘Khuda’, ‘Chand’ and ‘Eid’ which allow him room to express his sentiments. He even writes on seemingly mundane subjects, such as, cigarettes, cooler, computer, birthdays, copies and cleanliness, and makes them interesting.
A variety of subjects — from nature and the environment to patriotism — inject versatility into Bukhari’s poems, while the pen sketches make the book presentable.
Soohan sansar ji
By Mushtaque Bukhari
Sindhi Adabi Sangat, Longani Sharif Branch, District Shikarpur
47pp. Rs20
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