Saturday, June 13, 2020

Veteran Poet Gulzar Dehlvi passed away after recovering from COVID-19


The Veteran Urdu poet Anand Mohan Zutshi ‘Gulzar’ Dehlvi passed away after recovering from COVID-19 in less than a week. He was 93.

Highlights

  • Mr Gulzar tested positive for COVID-19 early June, 2020. 
  • He returned home after recovering from the infection. 
  • However, due to his age, the infection left him weak and he died of cardiac arrest.

About Gulzar

  • Gulzar was the editor of “Science ki Duniya”, the only science magazine published in Urdu by the Government of India. 
  • It was launched in 1975. He has also set up Urudu schools in India. 
  • Gulzar was associated with freedom movements since 1930s. 
  • He is a Padmashree awardee.
  • He was a follower of “Ganga-Jamani Tehzeeb”, a term used to define syncretic Hindu-Muslim culture. 
  • He was also a part of number of mushairas namely Jashn-e-Rekhta and Jigar Fest.
  • Mushairas is a social gathering where Urdu poetry is read and it also conducted as contests.
  • Syncretism is the union or fusion of different religions and cultures.

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