Jagan Nath Azad

Jagan Nath Azad (5 December 1918 – 24 July 2004), was an Indian Urdu poet, writer and academician. He wrote over 70 books, including poetry collections, poems, biographies, and travelogues.

Quotes

• Ye tune Hind ki hurmat ke aaine ko toda hai
  Khabar bhi hai tujhe Masjid ka gumbad todne wale
  Humare dil ko toda hai imaarat ko nahi toda
  Khabaasat ki bhi had hoti hai had todne wale
  • What you have broken is the image of reverence of India
    Do you have this idea, you who have broken the dome of the mosque
    Not the building but our hearts have been broken
    Your wickedness is limitless
    • Quoted in "Two Urdu Poems Reflect How Babri Masjid Demolition Was an Attack on India as a Whole", The Wire, 6 December, 2017.

• Ye Masjid aaj bhi zinda hai ahl-e-dil ke siino me
  Khabar bhi tujhe hai Masjid ka paikar todne wale
  Abhi ye sar-zameen khali nahi hai nek bando se
  Abhi maujud hain tuute hue dil jodne wale
  • This mosque is still intact in the hearts
    Do you have this idea, destroyer of the structure of mosque
    This country is not yet empty of good people
    People who heals the wounds of heart, still reside here
    • Quoted in "Two Urdu Poems Reflect How Babri Masjid Demolition Was an Attack on India as a Whole", The Wire, 6 December, 2017.

External links

Encyclopedic article on Jagan Nath Azad on Wikipedia