Book on “Pant and Firaq” released

Hyderabad: Prof. S. Ramchandram, Vice Chancellor of Osmania released the book “Pant and Firaq” written by late Dr. Mohammed Majeedullah Siddiqui, Vice Principal and Head of the Dept. of Sanghi College of Commerce, Tarnaka Hyderabad. Dr. Siddiqui wanted to publish this book during his life time but he died in 1999 at the age of 47. This book is published by his younger sister, Dr. Afsarunnisa Begum, Reader, Dept. of Hindi, Mumtaz College.

In his book, Dr. Siddiqui made a comparative study of famous Urdu Poet, Firaq Gorakhpuri and Hindi Poet, Sumitra Nandan Pant. This book will be useful for the scholars who want to study modern Hindi and Urdu Literatures.

Present on this occasion were Prof. Syed Rahman, Principal, Nizam College, Dr. Avinash Jaiswal, Dr. Vidhya Dhar and Dr. Afsarunnisa.

–Siasat News