Parwana Rudaulvi11-11-1933 - 12-04-2008

Parwana Rudaulvi with his wife Umm-e-Habiba

Syed Meesam Tammarسید میسم تمار (11 November 1933 – 12 April 2008), best known as Parwana Rudaulviپروانہ ردولوی, was an Indian Urdu-language writer and journalist. He was born in Rudauli, which was then in Barabanki district and is now in Faizabad.^[1] He is maternal grandfather of Fazayal Shabbir, author of the book "City Under Curfew and other stories"

Career

• 1950 Reporter in U. P. Assembly
• 1951 Nai Dunya, Delhi
• 1955 Launched own Urdu daily SIYASAT-E-NAU from Kanpur. Discontinued its publication in 1957
• 1957 Joined the Daily Hindustan Bombay
• 1959 Rejoined the daily NAI DUNIYA, as its Executive Editor
• 1960 Worked in The Daily Dawat, Delhi
• 1963 Worked in The Daily Mulk-O-Millat, Delhi
• 1968 Worked with Daily Qaaed of Lucknow, as its Resident Editor
• 1969 Joined the Daily Pratap, New Delhi. Worked there for about 22 years (until 1990) in many important positions, including head of the magazine section
• 1990 Executive Editor of the leading Urdu Daily Awam, New Delhi
• 1997 Executive Editor of Daily Sab-ka-Akhbar, New Delhi

Roles

• President of Hum Hindustani, an organisation working for communal harmony among all sections of society.
• General Secretary, Delhi Writers Forum, working for the welfare of writers and journalists.
• Member of the Governing Council of Urdu Academy, Delhi.
• Urdu News bulletin Compiler and News Reader, Radio Kashmir, Srinagar (Delhi Camp).
• Commentator, All India Radio NSD & ESD.
• Editor, News & Views (Urdu Feature Service).

Books published

• URDU SAHAFAT KA ISTEGHASA (Research Book)
• JONK (Collection of Short Stories)
• NIJAT KA RASTA (Moral Values)
• HOO-BA-HOO (Sketches of contemporary writers, poets and journalists)
• AAZMAISH (Novel)
• VEERANI NAHIN JAATI (Novel)
• KARBALA SE KOOFEY TAK (History)
• SHAH NAMA E KARBALA (Long Poem)
• KARBALA KI BAHADUR KHAWATEEN (History)
• QATILANE HUSAIN KA IBRATNAK ANJAM (History)
• SPAIN SE BOSNIA TAK (History)
• NOSTRADAMUS KI SACHCHI AUR HAIRAT ANGEZ PESHANGOIYAN(Mysticism)
• JALIANWALA BAGH KA HERO (Urdu Translation, National Book Trust (NBT))
• TODA & TORA (Urdu Translation, National Book Trust (NBT))
• INDIA 2001 (Urdu Translation, National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL))

Awards

• Film Avlokan Award (Twice)
• Matra Shree Award (Twice)
• Alami Urdu Award for Lifetime Achievements in Journalism
• Delhi Urdu Academy Award for Excellence in Journalism
• U. P. Urdu Academy Award for Short Stories
• Mir -E- Qalam Award (All India Mir Academy, Lucknow)
• Baba – E - Urdu Dr. Abdul Haq Award
• Ramkishan Jaidayal Dalmia Award for National Harmony.http://www.dalmiabrothers.com/oufawards.htm

References