Literary Notes: New titles on Iqbal keep pouring in
IT has become a trend in recent years to commemorate the centennial or bicentennial of a writer or poet, and it is an appreciable trend, no doubt. The authors are remembered on such occasions and then are forgotten, at least for the time being.
But there are two authors of Urdu who have never been forgotten and are remembered every so often. Books and articles on them keep appearing and no other author of Urdu can rival them when it comes to being a topic of research and critical works. The two poets bestowed with this everlasting popularity are none other than Ghalib and Iqbal.
As usual, Iqbal will be remembered on his death anniversary on April 21, but new books and articles on him keep pouring in all through the year. Here we can have a look only at a few of many recently published books on Iqbal and his art:
Iqbal, Islam aur Roohani Jamhooriyet