New book honours artists displaced during Partition
ISLAMABAD:
The launch ceremony of a book titled "Aasman Dar Aasman" by former Vice-Chancellor of Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), Dr Shahid Siddiqui was held the other day.
The book narrates the stories of those artists from the subcontinent who were carried across borders by the waves of partition. It features the moments and events from the lives of 45 renowned personalities, vividly portrayed by the author.
The event was attended by the Vice-Chancellor of Allama Iqbal Open University, Dr Nasir Mahmood, Chairperson of the Pakistan Academy of Letters, Dr Najiba Arif, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Dr Abdul Aziz Sahir, poet and columnist Haris Khalique and writer and journalist, Rauf Klasra, who shared their thoughts about the book.
The speakers highlighted that the book was a profound collection of the region's social history and is adorned with the finest elements of art, poetry and literature. They emphasised that the pain of migration deeply impacted human lives, often leaving scars that last for generations. This anguish is profoundly reflected on every page of the book.
The speakers noted that the partition was a political act as "the love for one's homeland endures, transcending distances and maintaining ties of affection between the two nations."
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