Articles of Majnoon Gorakhpuri
Takhleeq-o-tanqeed
What is criticism, or what is that central, essential element without which criticism ceases to be criticism? A generation or two ago, this question was never raised. This is because, until then, there was no perceptible difference between the artist
Adab Aur Maqsad
Gentlemen! When you proposed my name for the presidency of this association, my first involuntary impulse was to withdraw it. I wanted to suggest someone else in my place—someone superior to me in both physical vitality and intellectual acuity—and
Adab Aur Taraqqi
Shayar ki nawa ho ke mughanni ka nafas Jis se chaman afsurda ho woh baad-e-sahar kya Iqbal (Whether it is the poet's melody or the singer's breath, What good is the morning breeze if it leaves the garden withered?) About nine or ten years ago,
Ghazal Aur Asr-e-jadeed
One critic has observed that poetry holds very little significance for the modern world, and that contemporary humanity cares little for it. To refute this, one could present reams of poetry that continue to be composed daily in every corner of the globe.
