Renzu’s Novel selected for M Phil research

Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Dec. 8 :   In a significant and landmark development, Zakhmon KI Saalgirah, the literary novel of renowned Kashmiri author Khwaja Renzushah has been selected by prestigious Hyderabad Central University as a syllabus novel for M Phil degree in the University for research by scholars.
After conducting similar M Phil researchs on literary contributions of Munshi Prem Chand, Saadat Hussain Mantoo, Asmat Chugtai and other treasured literary books of globally acclaimed authors, Central University Hyderabad through its research scholars has reached the zenith of literary horizon. The research work for the year 2012 -2013 has been assigned to Kashmir based research scholar Manzoor Ahmad who will conduct his research for award of M Phil degree on Renzushah’s famous novel “Zakhmon Ki Saalgirah”.
Earlier, in 2006 and 2009 Jammu University awarded M Phil degrees to Dr Imran Tak and Dr Irfan Qureshi for conducting research on rare literary short stories of Renzushah and research on spiritual content of his literary writings.
Khawaja Renzushah started his literary career from teenage when he was class 9th student. His first book “Doobtay Kinaray” was published when he was a student at SP College Srinagar and while recommending his literary works, the renowned literary personality of the time Aali Ahmad Saroor compared Renzushah’s Afsana with Munshi Prem Chand and observed that with the passage of time entire literary fraternity will understand the extraordinary literary content of Renzushah’s writings. Three researches on Renzushah’s literary contribution has proved the prophesy of Aali Ahmad Saroor as true.
Renzushah’s first literary novel “Zakhmon Ki Saalgirah” was published in 1982 which received all round appreciation throughout   the subcontinent. The bpook  book was widely read in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.   This literary novel was followed by series of novels and other books in Urdu, English and Kashmiri for which Renzushah received prestigious awards at state level, national level as well as at international level.