Deptt of Urdu in JU organizes national seminar

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 3:  One day national seminar on the topic ‘Critical Vision of Daccani Poets”,  was organized by the Department of Urdu, University of Jammu, here today.
Prof  Massod Siraj,  Chairman,  Department of Urdu, Mysore University;  Dr Shamas Kamal Anjum, HoD Arabic and Persian BSGU, Rajouri;  Prof Quodse Javeed,  former HoD Urdu Kashmir University and Prof  M A  Wani,  acted as Resource Persons of the seminar.
The  seminar was inaugurated by Registrar JU,  Prof  Keshav Sharma, who  said that Urdu has united India from Kashmir to Kanya Kumari.  Prof  Masood Siraj  evaluated the work of the Daccan poet Wali and Nusrati, Ibne Nishant and quoted the verses to prove that these poets had a great critical vision also.
Dr  Shamas Kamal Anjum  informed that critical views in Urdu were given by the Arabic language through Persian language.  Prof  Shohab Inayat Malik, HoD Urdu,  strongly criticized the fundamentalist force for relating Urdu with a particular religion.