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This piece of writing by Rashed’s daughter, Yasmin Rashed was sent by her to be read at the event marking Rashed’s Centenary Celebrations at LUMS. She believes that Rashed’s cremation was not willed b ... Read More
Ḥasan Kūzahgar is a poem written in four parts by Rashed and is considered to be one of the finest Urdu poems of the twentieth century. Zulkifil Haider, a senior at LUMS has tried to critically evalua ... مزید پڑھیں
The Progressive Writers’ Movement, in its shift of preference for themes, had paved a new path for talented poets like Rashed. However, Rashed was criticized for being profane in his treatment of them ... Read More
A piece of poetry is often misrepresented as personal or autobiographical when written in first person. Khurram Aleem in this essay tries to analyze whether Rashed’s poetry is an expression of rebelli ... Read More
In this article, Samina Nadeem argues that it is not possible for a poet to write in a new genre and also produce verses of great value, unless he possesses a sharp, critical vision. In light of this, ... Read More
In this article, Tauheed Ahmed explores and analyses Rashed’s translation of modern Persian poetry into Urdu, which was published collectively in 1987. ... Read More
Nasir Abbas Nayyar discusses the evolution of ‘man’, the human figure equipped with thought and emotion as a member of the larger community of mankind in Rashed’s poetry. He traces the aspirations of ... Read More
Rashed’s views on religion and existence of a just God propelled some degree of controversy in his lifetime and were further sparked by his cremation after his death. Zia-ul-Hasan analyzes this aspect ... Read More
Mubeen Mirza elaborates his own view of Rashed’s portrayal of the modern man, who is not influenced by Western standards but is purely directed by Eastern values. His protagonist is the new man of the ... Read More
Jalil Aali discusses various dimensions of Rashed’s poetry, the strength of his style and expression and forcefulness of his themes that move on with the passage of time from a more personal and limit ... Read More
Rashed joined the Khaaksaar Movement as an active member but abandoned it later due to ideological differences. In this article, Dr. Fakhr ul Haq Noori traces in detail, Rashed’s involvement in the mo ... Read More
Dr. Saadat Saeed states that Rashed, along with introducing the free verse in Urdu poetry, contributed verse of exceptional quality in his genre. However, the Movement of New Linguistic Constructions, ... Read More
Fahmida Riaz unfolds Rashed’s portrayal of the opposite sex in his poetry. She considers his treatment of ‘women’ as mere ‘objects of use’ in his poems. His outlook was conventional in this regard, sh ... Read More
This is a translation of an interview of Rashed by an Irani journalist, Shahrukh Irshad, published in 1968 in Tehran. Dr. Tahseen Firaqi has furnished his translations with his own notes as well. Pers ... Read More
As a student at Government College (now GC University) Rashed was also editor of the literary magazine ‘Rāvī’. He had published his own poems in Ravi under different names. These poems, not included b ... Read More
In this article, Professor Fateh Muhammad Malik informs the reader about Rashed’s political vision and his analytical understanding of political events as an essential theme in his poetry. Rashed’s in ... Read More
Arguing against widely conceived idea that Noon Meem Rashed’s poetry is not autobiographical or personal, Shamsur Rehman Faruqi conducts an analysis of Rashed’s poem, Ghazāl-e Shab. He argues that if ... Read More
Using Rashed’s collection Lā Maṣnavī Insān as a point of reference, Shams ur Rehman Faruqi discusses Rashed’s exceptional ability to use language to create particular and sound rhythm that not only co ... Read More