Kunwar Mohinder Singh Bedi Sahar


Kunwar Mohinder Singh Bedi pen name Sahar was an Indian Urdu poet. The Times of India called him a "noted Urdu poet".

Personal life

Sahar was born in Montgomery, Punjab, British India in 9 March 1909 now in Pakistan and after Partition of India-Pakistan his family shifted to Fazilka, India

Career

His poetry is varied and includes traditional themes of love and yearning but also themes of unity, peace between India and Pakistan and humor. His poetry is considered to belong to the same transreligious and transnational tradition as that of other well-known poets from the Indian subcontinent such as Muhammad Iqbal, Faiz Ahmad Faiz and Ahmad Faraz.
Sahar's first book of poetry was T̤ulūʻ-i saḥar . In 1983, he published a collection of autobiographical poetry titled Yādon̲ kā jashn.
An international event to celebrate his poetry, called Jashan-e-Sahar, was held in the U.A.E. in 1992.

Poetry

An example of his use of humor to make a serious point is the following Ruba'i:

Kanwar Mohinder Singh Bedi Award

An award was created in his honor known as the Kanwar Mohinder Singh Bedi Award, presented by Haryana Urdu Akademi. It has included a cash prize of Rs. 25,000, a Shawl, memento and citation.
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