Muhammad Hasan Askari (Urdu: محمد حسن عسکری) (1978–1919) was one of the most respected name among scholars, critics, writers and linguists of modern Urdu. He was an important voice within the modernist movement.
Jadidiyat is one of his premier works. He translated western literary, philosophical and metaphysical work into Urdu, especially from English, French, and Russian. He translated Lenin's State and Revolution in 1942 and Maxim Gorky's work, main ne likhna kesay sikha in 1943. He also translated Arabic mystic literature and Buddhism into Urdu. In his later part of life, he went against the Progressive Writers’ Association on account of its sole dependency on Socialism.
Today I am posting Haram Jadi; a beautiful Urdu short story by Hassan Askari. I hope you will enjoy it. Here you go!!
Dear Muhammad Hamid... Thank you for providing picture of Hassan Askari.
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Thank you for changing the photograph of my uncle, Professor Hasan Askari. His pictures are very rare. Shahzaad Manzar sahib wrote a book on M.H. Askari, and used the photograph from your website for the cover of his book. I have a picture of him, if it can be placed next to Manto's photograph.
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I came to know about this story 'Haramzaadi' from the book Ismat Aapa by sukrita Paul Kumar( Paperbacks Vani Prakashan)
ReplyDeleteCould not stop myself reading it.Thanks for making it available online.