Journal of Research (Urdu), BZU - Multan

(جرنل آف ریسرچ (اردو

Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan (Pakistan)
ISSN (print): 1726-9067
ISSN (online): 1816-3424
Abstract

This treatise takes note of a striking similarity that seems to exist between the Urdu poet Allam Iqbal's poem, "Prindey Ki Faryad" and another poem "Pinjrey mein Tota" written by the Napelese poet Leikh Nath Poudel. Whereas one may concede that the similarity owes itself to a universal theme of 'loss of freedom' symbolised by a caged bird, there may have been other reasons too. Hence, it is has been suggested in this paper that both poets seem to have the same kind of poetic sensibility. This is evident from many other poems written by them. Another possible explanation may lie in the similarity of social and historical circumstances of the two poets. Both poems have been written in the same age, and under similar conditions of social and political circumstances. One was writing against the oppression of the British imperialism in India, the other against the oppression of the Rana Dynasty in Nepal. Consequently the similarity of sensibility and socio-political circumstances resulted in an accidental similarity of theme and expression in poems written in two different languages of South Asia.

Author(s):

Dr. Abdul Rauf Sheikh

Professor (Rtd.)

Department of Urdu, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan

Pakistan

Details:

Type: Article
Volume: 3
Issue: 1
Language: Urdu
Id: 5e851189a8be7
Pages 139 - 146
Discipline: Urdu
Published June 30, 2003

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