Bashir Badr had written 700 ghazals, poems and more than 4 thousand couplets.
Famous poet Bashir Badr, who brought Urdu poetry to the common people, died at his home in Bhopal at 12.35 pm on Thursday. 91-year-old Bashir was ill for a long time and had also lost his memory. He was laid to rest in the Bada Bagh cemetery in the evening.
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Bashir, who was awarded Padmashree and Sahitya Akademi awards, had written about 700 ghazals and poems and more than 4 thousand couplets.
Bashir Saheb’s house was burnt in the Meerut riots of 1987. Years of savings, degrees, books and memories were reduced to ashes. After this he came and settled in Bhopal. In this shock, he said poetry – People get broken in building a house, you do not feel pity in burning the settlements.
Wherever he stood, the Mushaira grew bigger.
The poets and poets of the country and the state have expressed grief over the demise of Bashir Badr. Kumar Vishwas while talking to Dainik Bhaskar said- I say this for very few people that they changed the language. Bashir Badr Saheb was among those few people. He did not just write Ghazals, he took Ghazals out of the drawing room and made them the language of the common man.
He said- My relationship with Bashir Saheb was for more than three decades. First I used to listen to him as a listener, then I started sharing the stage with him as a fellow poet. Both of us were related to Meerut, so we always felt a sense of belonging. Later, when he settled in Bhopal due to some unpleasant circumstances, the series of meetings and Mushairas continued.
I always saw him as a great man and a great poet. Wherever he stood, the Mushaira became bigger from there. Bashir Badr was the Gautam Buddha of Indian Ghazal. Just as Lord Buddha made the difficult spirituality accessible to the common man by conveying it in popular languages like Pali and Prakrit, similarly, Bashir Saheb said the biggest things with such simplicity that it went straight into the hearts of the people.
There was no pretense in his poetry. There was no attempt to create a miracle, but every couplet itself became a miracle. Go to the Parliament and Legislative Assemblies, look in the newspapers, listen to the slogans on the streets – you will find Bashir Badr present.
Apart from India, Dr. Bashir Badr also participated in Mushairas in America, Pakistan and Britain.
His couplet became the language of India-Pakistan relations
Kumar Vishwas said, ‘Bashir Badr’s couplet – Whether you get the heart or not, keep joining hands… became the language of India-Pakistan relations. The heads of state of both the countries used to shake hands, the next day the same couplet would be published in the newspapers. This couplet was said on many occasions – Let the light of your memories remain with us… Who knows in which street the evening of life may happen.
He told- I remember that a big actress like Meena Kumari had written this in her diary. Imagine, if a couplet comes out of books and becomes a part of life, what could be greater for a poet than this? Apart from being a good poet, Bashir Saheb was also very educated. He had done PhD. There was a professorial pause about him. When we used to talk, it seemed as if a very cultured man was presenting his knowledge very politely in front of you.
Bashir Badr will always be alive in his poetry
Kumar Vishwas further said- I remember a Mushaira at Bhopal Raj Bhavan. The debate between two great poets had escalated. The atmosphere could have worsened. But the decency with which Bashir Saheb handled the situation was not only an introduction to a great poet but also a great human being.
His last years were not easy. The illness was painful. But here I would especially like to mention Dr. Rahat Badr. The dedication and love with which he served Bashir Saheb is the pinnacle of love. Such examples are rarely found today.
I think the real death of a poet happens when his couplets disappear from people’s lives. This will never happen with Bashir Badr Saheb. He will live forever in his Ashar (many lions). As long as people love, try to save relationships, learn to smile even after breaking… Bashir Badr will remain alive.
Bashir Badr’s Sher-Ujale Apni Yamoni Ke… This plaque written is installed on the wall of his house.
Your creation is incomplete, please let me complete it…
Prasar Bharati Chairman and famous poet Prasun Joshi has shared a poem written especially for Bashir Badr with Dainik Bhaskar…
Your creation is incomplete, please let me complete it.
Let a wound here, let a wound heal there
All these words will dry up here on paper.
Let it spread a little, let the drops spread a little
I am in trouble right now and I have to remain silent
Please let me drop into the glass and into the glass.
Where am I afraid of being extinguished, I am not a flame.
I am a little hair, let me beautify you with the gusts of wind.
I have heard his heartbeats with many silent ears
This hope may let me die in your arms
You sit and listen, I don’t have such a desire.
I am a lion written on a truck, you let me pass
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