Indian Freedom Movement and Urdu Poetry, with Special Reference to Faiz Ahmad Faiz

An Exploration of Faiz Ahmad Faiz and the Indian Freedom Movement

Abstract

Being a research scholar pursuing work under the title “Trends in Contemporary Poetry with Special Reference to Faiz Ahmad Faiz, the present topic drew my attention. I found that this topic is an important and vast chapter in the history and literature of the Indian Sub-continent, and is difficult to put light with in a few pages. A long list of Urdu poets can be represented who participated actively in the struggle for freedom. Everyone needs a separate long chapter. But, unfortunately, the topic still remained untouched in English, with some exceptions. It is perhaps because of our ignorance of Urdu and unavailability or paucity of its English translations. Therefore, I have made an attempt to put light on the topic briefly with special reference to Faiz Ahmad Faiz. Because he was one of the leading poets of the 20th century, who spent the first half of his life as a Muslim of Indian national and the second half as a Pakistani, therefore he played a prominent role in the Indian struggle for freedom.