Comments on: Mustafa Zaidi – A poet remembered http://razarumi.com/2006/07/25/mustafa-zaidi-a-poet-remembered/ Just another WordPress site Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:58:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Saba Zaidi http://razarumi.com/2006/07/25/mustafa-zaidi-a-poet-remembered/#comment-19173 Saba Zaidi Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:32:22 +0000 http://razarumi.com/2006/07/25/mustafa-zaidi-a-poet-remembered/#comment-19173 "Mustafa Zaidi came into the world of letters asTegh Allahbadi and exitted after a terrible accident.In his last collection,some idea of his stature is already apparent.He had started to count among the few great poets. In his early poetry,there is the very clear influence of the progressive writers.it can be said that as long as he wrote with the nom d plume of 'Tegh Allahabadi',the influence of the progressive writers was very clear.When he made the transition from 'Tegh Allahabadi' to 'Mustaf Zaidi',he made both a personal and poetic transition. From an ideological point of view,he remained progressive,but these ideologies bacame an under-current.The scope of his poetry expanded.subjects became more intense and his nazmz and ghazals bacame much subtler and more beautiful than before. Mustafa Zaidi created a great beauty and balance in some ghazals and,in particular,poems written in foreign countries are a beautiful and happy addition to the Urdu canon-poetic thought is the root of these poems.Mustafa Zaidi's education and erudition was huge and glimpses of it can be seen in his poetry. He was a true addition to Urdu poetry.What were the circumstances of his death? Was it suicide or murder? Whose hand was behind his death? This is not our problem.We can only say that his death was terrible and he was one of the few good Urdu poets.Because of his death, a vacuum has been created in Urdu poetry which will be hard to fill." Ibne-e-Insha (extract from 'Mahnama-e-Kitab, Lahore). (translated by Laurel Steele) “Mustafa Zaidi came into the world of letters asTegh Allahbadi and exitted after a terrible accident.In his last collection,some idea of his stature is already apparent.He had started to count among the few great poets.
In his early poetry,there is the very clear influence of the progressive writers.it can be said that as long as he wrote with the nom d plume of ‘Tegh Allahabadi’,the influence of the progressive writers was very clear.When he made the transition from ‘Tegh Allahabadi’ to ‘Mustaf Zaidi’,he made both a personal and poetic transition.
From an ideological point of view,he remained progressive,but these ideologies bacame an under-current.The scope of his poetry expanded.subjects became more intense and his nazmz and ghazals bacame much subtler and more beautiful than before.
Mustafa Zaidi created a great beauty and balance in some ghazals and,in particular,poems written in foreign countries are a beautiful and happy addition to the Urdu canon-poetic thought is the root of these poems.Mustafa Zaidi’s education and erudition was huge and glimpses of it can be seen in his poetry.
He was a true addition to Urdu poetry.What were the circumstances of his death? Was it suicide or murder? Whose hand was behind his death? This is not our problem.We can only say that his death was terrible and he was one of the few good Urdu poets.Because of his death, a vacuum has been created in Urdu poetry which will be hard to fill.”
Ibne-e-Insha (extract from ‘Mahnama-e-Kitab, Lahore).
(translated by Laurel Steele)

]]> By: Saba Zaidi http://razarumi.com/2006/07/25/mustafa-zaidi-a-poet-remembered/#comment-19172 Saba Zaidi Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:31:43 +0000 http://razarumi.com/2006/07/25/mustafa-zaidi-a-poet-remembered/#comment-19172 please consider the following facts : 1)Mustafa Zaidi's letter dated 8th October,1970 (four days before his death) to his wife Vera Zaidi,who had taken his two childen to Germany: "My dear Vera, At this moment,I am not thinking of anyone but you and the game destiny is playing with our lives.......How long is this going to be stretched? Both you and I are helpless......Apparently,they are playing for time,because every time their answer is evasive and new (NOTE: he was trying to obtain permission to leave the country to join his family in Germany).....I never thought there was so much callousness in the world.I have been wayy from you and my children for 6 months.I have lived a life of misery,ignominy and harasment,and now I am being penalized for not having accepted money from a Brigadier's brother. Please try to take it calmly.If you can do anything about it,so much better.If not,please endure the suffering also.Let's not allow ourselves to be destroyed.Perhaps,when children have vacations,you three can come here for a while...." 2)Mustafa Zaidi's nephew Shahid Raza was one of the last persons to see Mustafa Zaidi alive on Monday,October12th,1970.He remembers that Zaidi had not seemed any more or less distubed than usual that day.Also, Mustafa Zaidi helped his chowkidar Mohammad Iqbal to wash his car (Note : Very unusual behaviour for someone who is contemplating suicide!) 3)In a news item dated March 20th,1971,The newspaper 'DAWN' reported as below under the heading 'Evidence of Zaidi's nephew recorder': "Mr.Shahid Raza said that there were signs of struggle having taken place in the room in which his uncle's body was discovered last October 12.He was testifying in the Court of the District Magistrate,Mr.Kunwar Idris,in the committal trial of Mrs.Shahnaz Saleem.wife of Mr.Saleem Khan,who is charged with the murder of Mr.Zaidi. Mr.Raza deposed that he entered the residence of his late uncle on the morning if Tuesday,October 13,after learning of the latter's death.....He saw that it (the body) was lying on the bed.The telephone receiver was off the hook and was dangling on the other side of the body,with the cord stretched across the body. Caked blood could be seen just below the nostrils and there were other blood stains on the bed-sheets and the pillows.The sheets were scattered about the room,and some other articles,such as a settee had also been over-turned.Nepthelene balls were scattered on and beneath the body. Question :While I often come across the conjecture that Mustafa Zaidi had committed suicide (and certainly it is the more 'romantic' version),I find this version hard to believe ,because; a) Does a man wash his car just before killing himself? b) There were reported suicide attempts when he was young but none were successful because he always made sure that he informed someone who could 'save' him in time. They were,perhaps, more attention seeking attempts than serious suicide attempts. c)While the letters Zaidi wrote to his family right before his death seem to be written by someone who was very upset,they do not seem to be written by someone who was suicidal.He was actively working on getting to Germany.He had sent his nephew,Shahid Raza,the same day on a task to find about the location of the Pakistan Consulate in Germany. please consider the following facts :
1)Mustafa Zaidi’s letter dated 8th October,1970 (four days before his death) to his wife Vera Zaidi,who had taken his two childen to Germany:
“My dear Vera,
At this moment,I am not thinking of anyone but you and the game destiny is playing with our lives…….How long is this going to be stretched? Both you and I are helpless……Apparently,they are playing for time,because every time their answer is evasive and new (NOTE: he was trying to obtain permission to leave the country to join his family in Germany)…..I never thought there was so much callousness in the world.I have been wayy from you and my children for 6 months.I have lived a life of misery,ignominy and harasment,and now I am being penalized for not having accepted money from a Brigadier’s brother.
Please try to take it calmly.If you can do anything about it,so much better.If not,please endure the suffering also.Let’s not allow ourselves to be destroyed.Perhaps,when children have vacations,you three can come here for a while….”

2)Mustafa Zaidi’s nephew Shahid Raza was one of the last persons to see Mustafa Zaidi alive on Monday,October12th,1970.He remembers that Zaidi had not seemed any more or less distubed than usual that day.Also, Mustafa Zaidi helped his chowkidar Mohammad Iqbal to wash his car (Note : Very unusual behaviour for someone who is contemplating suicide!)

3)In a news item dated March 20th,1971,The newspaper ‘DAWN’ reported as below under the heading ‘Evidence of Zaidi’s nephew recorder’:
“Mr.Shahid Raza said that there were signs of struggle having taken place in the room in which his uncle’s body was discovered last October 12.He was testifying in the Court of the District Magistrate,Mr.Kunwar Idris,in the committal trial of Mrs.Shahnaz Saleem.wife of Mr.Saleem Khan,who is charged with the murder of Mr.Zaidi.
Mr.Raza deposed that he entered the residence of his late uncle on the morning if Tuesday,October 13,after learning of the latter’s death…..He saw that it (the body) was lying on the bed.The telephone receiver was off the hook and was dangling on the other side of the body,with the cord stretched across the body.
Caked blood could be seen just below the nostrils and there were other blood stains on the bed-sheets and the pillows.The sheets were scattered about the room,and some other articles,such as a settee had also been over-turned.Nepthelene balls were scattered on and beneath the body.

Question :While I often come across the conjecture that Mustafa Zaidi had committed suicide (and certainly it is the more ‘romantic’ version),I find this version hard to believe ,because;
a) Does a man wash his car just before killing himself?
b) There were reported suicide attempts when he was young but none were successful because he always made sure that he informed someone who could ‘save’ him in time. They were,perhaps, more attention seeking attempts than serious suicide attempts.
c)While the letters Zaidi wrote to his family right before his death seem to be written by someone who was very upset,they do not seem to be written by someone who was suicidal.He was actively working on getting to Germany.He had sent his nephew,Shahid Raza,the same day on a task to find about the location of the Pakistan Consulate in Germany.

]]> By: Saba Zaidi http://razarumi.com/2006/07/25/mustafa-zaidi-a-poet-remembered/#comment-19159 Saba Zaidi Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:25:26 +0000 http://razarumi.com/2006/07/25/mustafa-zaidi-a-poet-remembered/#comment-19159 'Dur ki Awaaz'---a poem by Mustafa Zaidi ; Meray mehboob des k galiyoo Tum ko aur apnaay dostoon ko salaam Apnay zakhmi shabab ko tasleem Apnay bachpan ke qahqahon ko salaam Umr bhar key liye tumharey paas reh gaiey hai shuguftagi meri Aakhri raat ke udaas diyoo yaad hai tum ko bebasi meri yaad hai tum ko jab bhulai thhey Unr bhar ke keiye huway waadey rasm o mazhab ki ek pujaran ne eik chhandi ke devta ke lieye jaaney is kaargahe hast mein Uss ko woh devta mila ke nahin Meri kalyon ka khoon pi kar bhi Uss ka apna kanwal khila ke nahin Aaj kal uskay apnay daman mein Piyar ke geet hein ke paisey hain Tum ko maloom ho to batlana Uss ke aanchal ke rang kaise hain Mujhh ko awaaz do ke subha ki oas kiya mujhhey abb bhi yaad kart hai meri ghar ki udaas chokhhat par Kiya kabhhi chandni utarti hai? English translation by Laurel Steele: THE VOICE FROM AFAR: Oh lanes of my beloved country Salaam to you and our friends Greetings to our wounded youth Salaam to the laughter of our childhood My blossoming flower has Remained with you for a lifetime Oh God the sorrow of the last night you remember my poerlessness You remember when I was made to forget The promises made for a ifetime A devotee of custom and religion For the sake of a silver God Who knows in the factory of existence If she was able to find that idol or not Even after drinking the blood of my blossoms Did her lotus open or not And today in the folds of her clothes Are there the songs of love or of money If you know then please explain What are the colours of her veil Call me because I want to know Does the morning dew remember me On the sad doorstep of my home does the moonlight ever fall? ‘Dur ki Awaaz’—a poem by Mustafa Zaidi ;

Meray mehboob des k galiyoo
Tum ko aur apnaay dostoon ko salaam
Apnay zakhmi shabab ko tasleem
Apnay bachpan ke qahqahon ko salaam

Umr bhar key liye tumharey paas
reh gaiey hai shuguftagi meri
Aakhri raat ke udaas diyoo
yaad hai tum ko bebasi meri

yaad hai tum ko jab bhulai thhey
Unr bhar ke keiye huway waadey
rasm o mazhab ki ek pujaran ne
eik chhandi ke devta ke lieye

jaaney is kaargahe hast mein
Uss ko woh devta mila ke nahin
Meri kalyon ka khoon pi kar bhi
Uss ka apna kanwal khila ke nahin

Aaj kal uskay apnay daman mein
Piyar ke geet hein ke paisey hain
Tum ko maloom ho to batlana
Uss ke aanchal ke rang kaise hain

Mujhh ko awaaz do ke subha ki oas
kiya mujhhey abb bhi yaad kart hai
meri ghar ki udaas chokhhat par
Kiya kabhhi chandni utarti hai?

English translation by Laurel Steele:
THE VOICE FROM AFAR:

Oh lanes of my beloved country
Salaam to you and our friends
Greetings to our wounded youth
Salaam to the laughter of our childhood

My blossoming flower has
Remained with you for a lifetime
Oh God the sorrow of the last night
you remember my poerlessness

You remember when I was made to forget
The promises made for a ifetime
A devotee of custom and religion
For the sake of a silver God

Who knows in the factory of existence
If she was able to find that idol or not
Even after drinking the blood of my blossoms
Did her lotus open or not

And today in the folds of her clothes
Are there the songs of love or of money
If you know then please explain
What are the colours of her veil

Call me because I want to know
Does the morning dew remember me
On the sad doorstep of my home
does the moonlight ever fall?

]]> By: Saba Zaidi http://razarumi.com/2006/07/25/mustafa-zaidi-a-poet-remembered/#comment-19158 Saba Zaidi Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:24:53 +0000 http://razarumi.com/2006/07/25/mustafa-zaidi-a-poet-remembered/#comment-19158 Josh Malihabadi's elegy on Mustafa Zaidi's death: "Mai khana-e-ishrat se nikala mujh ko Sat ta beh qadam dard men dhala mujh ko Jis maut ne gul kiya hai Zaidi ka chiragh Us maut ne Josh mar dala mujh ko " Translated by Laurel Steele: Thrown out of the wine shop of pleasure I was cast (moulded) head to foot in sorow The death that has extinguished the lamp of Zaidi That death has killed me too,Josh. Josh Malihabadi’s elegy on Mustafa Zaidi’s death:

“Mai khana-e-ishrat se nikala mujh ko
Sat ta beh qadam dard men dhala mujh ko
Jis maut ne gul kiya hai Zaidi ka chiragh
Us maut ne Josh mar dala mujh ko ”

Translated by Laurel Steele:

Thrown out of the wine shop of pleasure
I was cast (moulded) head to foot in sorow
The death that has extinguished the lamp of Zaidi
That death has killed me too,Josh.

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]]> By: Saba Zaidi http://razarumi.com/2006/07/25/mustafa-zaidi-a-poet-remembered/#comment-12818 Saba Zaidi Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:13:18 +0000 http://razarumi.com/2006/07/25/mustafa-zaidi-a-poet-remembered/#comment-12818 What I absolutely fail to understand is the general acceptance that Mustafa Zaidi had committed suicide.The facts of the case, as I remember them,were much different.He was drugged alright but the first thing that was done after the door was broken open was that the policemen washed the coffee mugs .Then Shahnaz Gul's husband was handed over the purse that she had been carrying.Had it been a simple case of suicide,as this article implies,then it would not have been necessary to exhume Mustafa Zaidi's body from the grave.How many cases of murder are ever solved in Pakistan,anyways? Mustafa Zaidi had not known Shahnaz Gul for such a long time.The fact of the matter is that Mustafa Zaidi had sent his family to Germany after he had been dismissed from the civil service amongst the 303 and was keen to join them there from where they were all planning to migrate to Canada.He was immensely fond of his family and wrote to them constantly.He was not getting permission to leave the country which was frustrating for him and he must have threatened the powerful people of some kind of dis-closure because he was privy to such information.Thus the services of Shahnaz Gul were sought in order to get rid of him.She was certainly a breathtakingly beautiful woman and he was successfully enticed. Is it not strange that Shahnaz Gul's husband never left her even after such a widely publicized case? The boxes of documents kept in his garage were found ran-sacked.It was supposed to be a suicide pact,but the lady survived?The coffee mugs containing the drug were washed/ Shahnaz Gul's purse was removed by her husband because she was herself unconscious and could not do it herself? There were signs of violence on Mustafa Zaidi's body and it appeared that he had been suffocated by a pillow after having been drugged with the coffee......and yet it is easily assumed that he committed suicide.This make the whole story more romantic but is really a theory and should not nbe stated as a fact!!! What I absolutely fail to understand is the general acceptance that Mustafa Zaidi had committed suicide.The facts of the case, as I remember them,were much different.He was drugged alright but the first thing that was done after the door was broken open was that the policemen washed the coffee mugs .Then Shahnaz Gul’s husband was handed over the purse that she had been carrying.Had it been a simple case of suicide,as this article implies,then it would not have been necessary to exhume Mustafa Zaidi’s body from the grave.How many cases of murder are ever solved in Pakistan,anyways?
Mustafa Zaidi had not known Shahnaz Gul for such a long time.The fact of the matter is that Mustafa Zaidi had sent his family to Germany after he had been dismissed from the civil service amongst the 303 and was keen to join them there from where they were all planning to migrate to Canada.He was immensely fond of his family and wrote to them constantly.He was not getting permission to leave the country which was frustrating for him and he must have threatened the powerful people of some kind of dis-closure because he was privy to such information.Thus the services of Shahnaz Gul were sought in order to get rid of him.She was certainly a breathtakingly beautiful woman and he was successfully enticed.
Is it not strange that Shahnaz Gul’s husband never left her even after such a widely publicized case? The boxes of documents kept in his garage were found ran-sacked.It was supposed to be a suicide pact,but the lady survived?The coffee mugs containing the drug were washed/ Shahnaz Gul’s purse was removed by her husband because she was herself unconscious and could not do it herself? There were signs of violence on Mustafa Zaidi’s body and it appeared that he had been suffocated by a pillow after having been drugged with the coffee……and yet it is easily assumed that he committed suicide.This make the whole story more romantic but is really a theory and should not nbe stated as a fact!!!

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]]> By: Ranjani http://razarumi.com/2006/07/25/mustafa-zaidi-a-poet-remembered/#comment-11582 Ranjani Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:24:48 +0000 http://razarumi.com/2006/07/25/mustafa-zaidi-a-poet-remembered/#comment-11582 Thank you for this, for me he was even that i never saw him the best man in World. He must be a wonderfull Person. I am realy sorry that i couldnt make it to see this man because he did 11 Years before i was born, but still i am a fan. Thank you for this,
for me he was even that i never saw him the best man in World.
He must be a wonderfull Person.
I am realy sorry that i couldnt make it to see this man because he did 11 Years before i was born,
but still i am a fan.

]]> By: Khawja Hameed http://razarumi.com/2006/07/25/mustafa-zaidi-a-poet-remembered/#comment-11305 Khawja Hameed Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:25:46 +0000 http://razarumi.com/2006/07/25/mustafa-zaidi-a-poet-remembered/#comment-11305 I have crossed land mark of fifty and still a student of law and human sciences, wonder how many genius personalities we have lost, which are still our nations pride and if they had lived longer, how many master pieces they would have given to us. Apart from Mustafa Zaidi who was forced to leave at the age of 39 years, how many more classic ghazals and poems he would have created, just think the pain he had suffered as soft-hearted person, his juniors, sub-ordinates has mal-treated , humiliated and disobeyed his orders, which for others CSP officers, one would not dare to do, but he was man or some other world, his seniors did not like and he face the punishment as symbol, one who will not be a part of this corrupt system has to pay the cost. I remember incident when he was posted as DC and there were students protesting and duty SDM asked his permission to order fire on the students and he then said, “these students are our future, how can order to kill our future” , and some time passed and SDM again request the permission to open fire on students and he relied, these are our children, how one can give permission to shoot our children” and man of this nature, softness can never suicide, he was eliminated and one woman was placed near his dead body in unconscious condition and police came and interrogate, there were stories made. At this point I need to recall one more name, Jenab Rais Amroohi, the genius of his time, who was also murdered by the agencies as he was considered as one of the master minds who created MQM. I have crossed land mark of fifty and still a student of law and human sciences, wonder how many genius personalities we have lost, which are still our nations pride and if they had lived longer, how many master pieces they would have given to us.

Apart from Mustafa Zaidi who was forced to leave at the age of 39 years, how many more classic ghazals and poems he would have created, just think the pain he had suffered as soft-hearted person, his juniors, sub-ordinates has mal-treated , humiliated and disobeyed his orders, which for others CSP officers, one would not dare to do, but he was man or some other world, his seniors did not like and he face the punishment as symbol, one who will not be a part of this corrupt system has to pay the cost. I remember incident when he was posted as DC and there were students protesting and duty SDM asked his permission to order fire on the students and he then said, “these students are our future, how can order to kill our future” , and some time passed and SDM again request the permission to open fire on students and he relied, these are our children, how one can give permission to shoot our children” and man of this nature, softness can never suicide, he was eliminated and one woman was placed near his dead body in unconscious condition and police came and interrogate, there were stories made.

At this point I need to recall one more name, Jenab Rais Amroohi, the genius of his time, who was also murdered by the agencies as he was considered as one of the master minds who created MQM.

]]> By: laurel steele http://razarumi.com/2006/07/25/mustafa-zaidi-a-poet-remembered/#comment-9025 laurel steele Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:59:20 +0000 http://razarumi.com/2006/07/25/mustafa-zaidi-a-poet-remembered/#comment-9025 Raza Rumi-- Hello! I am the person who wrote the dissertation on Mustafa Zaidi--and translated a number of his poems in the process. It was done at the University of Chicago. I liked your long piece on him. My email is laurelsteele@hotmail.com--and no, the dissertation is not as yet published--but I really think it should be--it was written in a relatively non-academic style, so as to make it accessible to any educated reader. All the best--and I enjoy your columns! Laurel Raza Rumi–

Hello! I am the person who wrote the dissertation on Mustafa Zaidi–and translated a number of his poems in the process. It was done at the University of Chicago. I liked your long piece on him. My email is laurelsteele@hotmail.com–and no, the dissertation is not as yet published–but I really think it should be–it was written in a relatively non-academic style, so as to make it accessible to any educated reader. All the best–and I enjoy your columns! Laurel

]]> By: poet mustafa zaidi - Dogpile Web Search http://razarumi.com/2006/07/25/mustafa-zaidi-a-poet-remembered/#comment-5881 poet mustafa zaidi - Dogpile Web Search Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:31:29 +0000 http://razarumi.com/2006/07/25/mustafa-zaidi-a-poet-remembered/#comment-5881 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] ... pakistaniat.com/2006/12/09/mustafa-zaidi-poet/ &#149 Found on Google, Yahoo! Search Mustafa Zaidi - A poet remembered Why would a poet of Mustafa Zaidiâ s stature decide to end his life? Thirty five years ago, [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] … pakistaniat.com/2006/12/09/mustafa-zaidi-poet/ &#149 Found on Google, Yahoo! Search Mustafa Zaidi – A poet remembered Why would a poet of Mustafa Zaidiâ s stature decide to end his life? Thirty five years ago, [...]

]]> By: Veera Lodge -Mustafa Zaidi in Chakwal on Flickr - Photo Sharing! http://razarumi.com/2006/07/25/mustafa-zaidi-a-poet-remembered/#comment-5825 Veera Lodge -Mustafa Zaidi in Chakwal on Flickr - Photo Sharing! Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:35:45 +0000 http://razarumi.com/2006/07/25/mustafa-zaidi-a-poet-remembered/#comment-5825 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Veera Lodge -Mustafa Zaidi in Chakwal To take full advantage of Flickr, you should use a JavaScript-enabled browser and install the latest version of the Macromedia Flash Player.  F.decorate(_ge('button_bar'), F._photo_button_bar).bar_go_go_go(2543974235, 0); F.decorate(_ge('photo_notes'), F._photo_notes).notes_go_go_go(2543974235, 'http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2157/2543974235_3f62c08d00_t.jpg', '3.1444'); View Jahane Rumi's map Taken in a place with no name (See more photos or videos here) A very dear friend has undertaken the momentous task of restoring the Veera Lodge, a building that was dedicated to Veera, the wife of the eminent Urdu poet Mustafa Zaidi who died at a young age. My friend has been kind enough to quote me on the plaque erected there; and he sent me this lovely photograph. My article on Mustafa Zaidi: "Thirty five years ago, Mustafa Zaidi, a poet of notable standing and a dismissed CSP officer, was found dead in Karachi’s Hotel Sumar. The mystery of his death remains unresolved to date but there is an informal consensus that he committed suicide. He was only 50-years old and had produced several outstanding, original collections of poetry." formore click the link below www.razarumi.com/2006/07/25/mustafa-zaidi-a-poet-remembered/  [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] Veera Lodge -Mustafa Zaidi in Chakwal To take full advantage of Flickr, you should use a JavaScript-enabled browser and install the latest version of the Macromedia Flash Player.  F.decorate(_ge(‘button_bar’), F._photo_button_bar).bar_go_go_go(2543974235, 0); F.decorate(_ge(‘photo_notes’), F._photo_notes).notes_go_go_go(2543974235, ‘http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2157/2543974235_3f62c08d00_t.jpg', ’3.1444′); View Jahane Rumi’s map Taken in a place with no name (See more photos or videos here) A very dear friend has undertaken the momentous task of restoring the Veera Lodge, a building that was dedicated to Veera, the wife of the eminent Urdu poet Mustafa Zaidi who died at a young age. My friend has been kind enough to quote me on the plaque erected there; and he sent me this lovely photograph. My article on Mustafa Zaidi: "Thirty five years ago, Mustafa Zaidi, a poet of notable standing and a dismissed CSP officer, was found dead in Karachi’s Hotel Sumar. The mystery of his death remains unresolved to date but there is an informal consensus that he committed suicide. He was only 50-years old and had produced several outstanding, original collections of poetry." formore click the link below http://www.razarumi.com/2006/07/25/mustafa-zaidi-a-poet-remembered/&nbsp; [...]

]]> By: GA http://razarumi.com/2006/07/25/mustafa-zaidi-a-poet-remembered/#comment-4559 GA Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:53:31 +0000 http://razarumi.com/2006/07/25/mustafa-zaidi-a-poet-remembered/#comment-4559 I wonder what happened to this Shehnaz character? I found this on the net: Girlfriend charged with murder Shehnaz is under arrest for the murder of poet Mustafa Zaidi. She is also implicated in a smuggling scandal, and accused of conducting affairs with several high ranking officials and industrial magnets, in order to carry out espionage for foreign agencies. Source: http://pakistanspace.tripod.com/70.htm Smuggling, Espionage??? strange. I wonder what happened to this Shehnaz character?

I found this on the net:

Girlfriend charged with murder

Shehnaz is under arrest for the murder of poet Mustafa Zaidi. She is also implicated in a smuggling scandal, and accused of conducting affairs with several high ranking officials and industrial magnets, in order to carry out espionage for foreign agencies.

Source: http://pakistanspace.tripod.com/70.htm

Smuggling, Espionage??? strange.

]]> By: Qamar http://razarumi.com/2006/07/25/mustafa-zaidi-a-poet-remembered/#comment-814 Qamar Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:32:50 +0000 http://razarumi.com/2006/07/25/mustafa-zaidi-a-poet-remembered/#comment-814 Dear Raza, Thank you for this remarkable piece about Mustafa Zaidi. I am also obsessed with Mustafa Zaidi's mysterous death, and I am planning to write a novel on his last days. I would like to meet you in order to get more impressions from you, where can I contact you ? Thank you again, Qamar Dear Raza,

Thank you for this remarkable piece about Mustafa Zaidi. I am also obsessed with Mustafa Zaidi’s mysterous death, and I am planning to write a novel on his last days. I would like to meet you in order to get more impressions from you, where can I contact you ?
Thank you again,
Qamar

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