International mushiara, Jashn-e-Sahir 2010, was organized for the 38th time on Saturday night. Organized by Adeeb international and Nehru Sidhant Kendra Trust, the event saw the presence of many well-known Urdu poets. At the event, renowned film-maker and painter, Padmashree Muzaffar Ali, was given the Sahir award. The event and the prize are named after legendary poet, Sahir Ludhianvi, who was from the city. best known as 'magician' of words

Popular poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar was not able to make it to the programme, which left many disappointed. Muzaffar Ali said residents of Ludhiana were lucky to be living in Sahir city of birth.
Abdul hayee later known by his pseudonym Sahir Ludhianvi) was born on March 8, 1921. He belonged to a Jagirdar family.
His formative years saw a lot of problems for the young man, the main being his villainous father and a major heartbreak during college. After getting his first work" Talkhiyaan" published from Lahore, Pakistan, Abdul Hayie, now known as Sahir Ludhianvi, had to flee Pakistan, after a warrant for his arrest was issued for writing explosive stuff in his editorial in Savera
. An urge to succeed brought him to the land of dreams- Bombay. And thus started an illustrious career Sahir Ludhianvi was basically a romantic poet. He had failed in love many times and therefore, his poetry is full of tragic emotions. He excels in portraying tragedy without going overboard. He talks of personal romance and the ensuing disillusionment. Then he talks of universal romance, and the inevitable frustration that follows it. His poetry is an amazing canvas of romantic shades.

The style is simple, straight, and direct. He minces no words. He expresses his thoughts directly without sublimating emotions. Sahir at times gets angry too. His anger can be against God or society. He challenges God and he challenges moribund traditions of society. He wove fascinating images in songs and ghazals, spellbinding his listeners and readers for decades. For about thirty years, he remained associated with the Hindi film industry. He composed hundreds of songs for Hindi/Urdu films. Most of his songs became hugely popular and are even today sung and hummed by people of all generations. Sahir`s most remarkable contribution is that through his lyrics, he catapulted the standards of Hindi film songs to a level that became the benchmark for quality poetry. His lyrics have immortalized many songs in the memory of Hindi film lovers. manmeet kaur email; manmeet_hayar@sify.com

i remember when i was in dainik jagran i was to find aspiring talent i came across a person who was simple like every woman she had talent but due to early marriage and socital pressure she could not pursue her love for gazals but as time passed she tried to pursue her first love
She told me that she was married at 16 she always lamented that she could not pursue her art Her inner urge to write forced her to break the shackels that tie the woman to house responsibility. she in 1996 gave shape to her first copy of gazals and in 1997 came her first gazals copy tilted 'suraj ki dahleez 'and got good critical acclaim and with the passage of time came her second gazal tilted'chiragan di daar' and it got good response she wrote for 'sirnava' magazine and rendered some lines' mein tan uljhi tand si resham tane di, ban jandi poshak kiwen hani di and she said' i got the inspiration to write this gazal from surjit pattars poetry 'hawa vich likhe harf' She was all praise for shiv kumar batalvi and surjit pattar
And what she said at that time that she wants to achieve more than this has been done by her bhasha vibhay best poestess award‘Patjhad Vich Pungarde Patte’ and ‘Kesar Di Chhitte’ (Edited), while another book, ‘Dhupp Di Chunni’,
as time passed the list of her achievements grew ;
Sukhwinder Amrit was conferred with the third and fourth Sukhbir Singh Tony memorial award, respectively,
Amrit continued with her formal studies and completed her M.A in Punjabi and is now pursuing her PhD. She now teaches literature at Government College for Men (Ludhiana) and leads a happy life with her husband and children.

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