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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