Afzal Ahsan Randhawa
Muhammad Afzal Ahsan Randhawa | |
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محمد افضل احسن رندھاوا | |
Member of National Assembly | |
In office 1972–1977[1] | |
Constituency | NA-49 (Lyallpur) |
Personal details | |
Born | (1937-09-01)1 September 1937 Amritsar, British India |
Died | 18 September 2017(2017-09-18) (aged 80) Faisalabad, Pakistan |
Resting place | Qaim Sain Graveyard, Faisalabad |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Pakistan Peoples Party |
Spouse | Ayesha Randhawa. |
Education | Murray College LL.B., Punjab University Law College |
Occupation | Writer, poet, translator, playwright, politician |
Profession | Lawyer |
Awards | Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 1996 Kamal-e-Fun (Lifetime Achievement Award) by Pakistan Academy of Letters in 2013 |
Muhammad Afzal Ahsan Randhawa (Punjabi and Urdu: محمد افضل احسن رندھاوا September 1937 – 18 September 2017) was a Pakistani Punjabi language writer, poet, translator, playwright and a politician.[2] He authored several short stories and novels in the Punjabi language including Sooraj Grehan and Doaba.[3]
Awards and recognition
- Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 1996.[4][5]
- Kamal-e-Fun Award (Lifetime Achievement Award) by Pakistan Academy of Letters for his literary work in 2013.[6]
Early and personal life
Muhammad Afzal Ahsan Randhawa was born in Amritsar, Punjab, British India (now Punjab, India) on 1 September 1937.[7] He belonged to the Randhawa Jat Family.[8][2] Randhawa grew up in a rural part of the Sialkot district in Pakistan, where he was the editor of the magazine of the Mission High School.[9] He graduated from Murray College in Sialkot. As a student, he used to be published in Daily Imroze and weekly Lail-o-Nahar. Later, he was admitted to the Punjab University Law College.[2] He was the editor of the college magazine Al-Meezan, while in law college.[9] He had a love marriage with his wife Ayesha Randhawa (d. 2016), who taught at the University of Agriculture in Faisalabad. They had 4 children: one son and 3 daughters .[2][4]
Biography
Randhawa was a left leaning politician and a lawyer.[2][1] In 1972, in a by-election he won the NA-49 seat in Lyallpur (now Faisalabad) for the National Assembly on Pakistan Peoples Party's ticket.[1][10] He contributed to the framing of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan.[4] In 1977, during the martial law of General Zia ul Haq was disqualified from taking part in politics for seven years by the 'military courts' and later in 1981, he was detained for 'living beyond his means'.[2][11]
Randhawa was popular among Sikhs as he opposed the 1984 Indian military Operation Bluestar on the Golden Temple. He also wrote a poem about it, Navan Ghallughara (new Holocaust), glorifying Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale as a great warrior. His works have been transliterated into Gurmukhi script and published in the Indian Punjab.[1]
In 1986, Randhawa was awarded the Prof. Piara Singh Gill & Karam Singh Sandhu Memorial Antar-Rashtari Shiromani Sahitkaar/Kalakaar Award by the International Association of Punjabi Authors and Artists.[12] In 1996, the President of Pakistan conferred the Pride of Performance award to him.[4] In 1999, he was bestowed upon with Kartar Singh Dhaliwal award by the Punjabi Sahit Akademi, Ludhiana.[1]
Randhawa participated as a guest or a panelist at literature festivals and writing conferences in Pakistan.[13][14][15][16] Aitzaz Ahsan a lawyer, in his 1996 book (reprinted in 2005) The Indus Saga, quoted six verses of Randhawa's poem to depict the Indus man.[17][2]
In 2014, Randhawa was interviewed by Masood Malhi of Special Broadcasting Service.[18] In 2015, the Pakistan Academy of Letters announced the 2013 Kamal-e-Fun Award, the highest literary award, would be presented to Randhawa along with a ₨. 1,000,000 prize money.[6][19][20] In 2016, Randhawa opened the Lyallpur Sulekh Mela (Lyallpur Literary Festival) held in the Faisalabad Arts Council in Faisalabad.[21]
Works
In Punjabi, Randhawa wrote four novels, four collections of short stories, six collections of poetry, one collection of TV and radio dramas and three translated versions of an African novel, one collection of African poetry and one translation of interviews of world leaders. He also wrote a collection of Urdu poetry.[9]
His literary career began in 1961 with the publication of Deeva tey Darya, his first novel.[4] It became the first book by a Pakistani to be published in India. He was awarded the Adamjee Literary Award for 1961–62 by the Pakistan Writers' Guild for his novelette Deeva tey Darya and for his second Punjabi novel Doaba in 1981–82.[2][9] Randhawa's novel Sooraj Grehan published in 1984, is an exchange of letters between two lovers.[2] His fourth novel Pundh was published in 2001.[11]
In 1965, he published a collection of poetry Sheesha Aik Lashkaray Dou; followed by a collection of short stories Runn, Talwar Tay Ghora published in 1973. Other short story collections, include Randhawa Dian Kahanian in 1988, Munna Koh Lahore in 1989 and Illahi Mohar in 2013. Randhawa's further five poetry collections, include Raat Daay Char Safar in 1975; Punjab Di Var in 1979; Mitti Di Mehek in 1983; Piyali Wich Aasmaan in 1983; and Chhewaan Darya in 1997.[4]
He also translated Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart as Tutt Bhaj (1986) and Gabriel García Márquez's Chronicle of a Death Foretold as Maut Da Roznamcha (1993) into Punjabi.[4] In 2011, his collection of short stories Elahi Mohr Tey Doojian Kahanian was published.[9]
Death
On the evening of 18 September 2017, Randhawa died in Faisalabad, Pakistan, seventeen days after his 80th birthday. He was buried next to his son and wife in Qaim Sain Graveyard in Ghulam Muhammad Abad, Faisalabad on 20 September.[2][4]
On his death, Fakhar Zaman chairman of the World Punjabi Congress, said that "his poetry and short stories were equally trend setters and undoubtedly he was one of the very few writers who were equally popular in Pakistan and India".[4][22]
References
- ^ a b c d e Singh, Surjit (20 September 2017). "Born in Amritsar, eminent Pakistani Punjabi writer Afzal Ahsan Randhawa passes away at 80". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Khan, Zaman (20 September 2017). "Afzal Ahsan Randhawa – a legend of Punjabi". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "Books by Afzal Ahsan Randhawa". Open Library website. Internet Archive. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Obituary: Harbinger of Punjabi renaissance Afzal Randhawa is no more". Dawn (newspaper). 20 September 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ Amjad Parvez (29 December 2019). "Spotlight on the prolific Punjabi writer Afzal Ahsan Randhawa". Daily Times (newspaper). Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Literary Awards Announcement 2015". Pakistan Academy of Letters website. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ Teja, Charanjit Singh (19 September 2017). "Amritsar-born Pak Punjabi writer Randhawa dead". The Tribune (Chandigarh). Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ Shukla, Vandana (2 June 2004). "Pak Randhawa's clan part of Sikh history". Times of India. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "Story told before it vanished". Dawn (newspaper). 1 July 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "M. Afzal Randhawa (scroll down to the constituency NA-49)". National Assembly of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 12 August 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ a b Soofi, Mushtaq (11 September 2015). "Punjab Notes: Afzal Ahsan Randhawa: a glimpse of Punjab and its traditions". Dawn. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "The International Association of Punjabi Authors and Artists, Canada, I.A.P.A.A." nriinternet.com. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ Tarar, Mehr (22 November 2015). "Pakistan's literary scene is buzzing with activity". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "PAL's International Writers Conference starts tomorrow". Pakistan Press International. 8 January 2013.
The International Writers Conference under the title 'Literature and Democracy' will be held at Auditorium of National Library Islamabad from 10 to 11 January 2013....Eminent writers like Intizar Hussain, Bano Qudsia, Mustansar Hussain Tarar, Fakhar Zaman, Anwar Shaur, Fehmida Riaz, Atta ul Haq Qasmi, Zehra Nigah, Anwar Sadeed, Amjad Islam Amjad, Shakeel Adil Zada, Pirzada Qasim, Dr. Khurshid Rizvi, Afzal Ahsan Randhawa from Pakistan and abroad will read their articles on the occasion.
- ^ "2nd literary festival to be held on 13th". The Balochistan Times. 2 November 2015.
The inaugural ceremony will start at 3.30 pm on November 13 and the first session will be on 'Art, Literature and Culture in Contemporary Perspective' which will be presided over by Intizar Hussain and Afzal Ahsan Randhawa.
- ^ "Review: Faisalabad Literary Festival: Literature, love and Lyallpur". Daily Times (Pakistan). Lahore. 17 November 2015.
Living legends such as Intizar Hussain, Zehra Nigah, Afzal Ahsan Randhawa, Kamal Ahmed Rizvi, Mustansar Hussain Tarar, Javed Jabbar, Kishwar Naheed, Atta ul Haq Qasmi, Asghar Nadeem Syed and his lovely wife Sheeba Alam weaved their way into the rich city of the eight bazaars where the proud heritage of the clock tower boasts the precolonial times.
- ^ Ahsan, Aitzaz (1 August 2005). The Indus Saga: From Pataliputra to Partition. Roli Books Private Limited. ISBN 9789351940739. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Masood Mallhi interviews Afzal Ahsan Randhawa". Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Awarding literati: Abdullah Hussain, Afzal Randhawa nominated". The Express Tribune (newspaper). 11 June 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "Pakistan: PAL announces "Kamal-e-Fun" award for year 2012–13". Right Vision News. 11 June 2015.
Prominent writers Abdullah Hussain in Urdu and Afzal Ahsan Randhawa in Punjabi have been nominated for the "Kamal-e-Fun" Award 2012 and 2013 respectively.
- ^ Ahmed, Ishtiaq (26 February 2016). "The other LLF (Lyallpur Literary Festival)". The Friday Times (newspaper). Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "Punjabi writer Afzal Randhawa passes away". The News International (newspaper). 20 September 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
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