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TOI : PUNE: Be it on friendship, patriotism, ‘ishq-mijazi’ (love) or ‘ishq-e-haqiqi’ (divine love), Hakim Raazi Adeebi’s ’shayari’ or Urdu poetry is par excellence.

For Pune’s senior most and popular poet, shayari is an inseparable part of life. “Life is a poetry,” says the 88-year-old Unani practitioner in his 4×4 shop near Shivaji market in Pune camp.

So, what is it that brought out the shayar in you? Prompt came the reply: “Sukoone dil ka sahara mila na jab Raazi, to ikhtiyar ki ghabra ke shayari meine (On failing to find contentment of heart Raazi, so nervously I delved into shayari).

Recovering from his shayari mood, he says, “I have been fond of shayari since my school days at Yeola in Nashik district, where I was born in 1920. However, a chance meeting with my Ustad, Shaer-e-Hayat Hazrat Adeeb Malegaonvi, was a turning point in my life.”

Is Urdu Shayari losing popularity. Not at all, says he. In fact, Urdu Shayari is gaining popularity.

“It’s a wrong assumption that today’s generation is not interested in Urdu poetry. Shayari is being printed in the Devnagari script for those who can’t read Urdu. This itself goes to prove that it is becoming more popular.”

For Raazi, writing or saying a sher (couplet) only depends upon his mood and that there is no fixed time for that. Give him a subject and there he is ready with a sher.

“Sometimes, it is ‘ilhami’ (natural). He again gets poetic: “Tadbeer wa amal dono zaroori to hai Raazi lekin; padta hai muqaddar pay duaon ka asar.” The poet has also received ‘khilafat’ from the late spiritual leader Hazrat Peer Abdul Ghafoor Bakhshullah Shah Ashrafi.

Known for his penchant for writing ’sehra’ (for bride and groom), friends and acquaintances throng to him with an invitation for marriage and a request for…More

TOI : PUNE: Be it on friendship, patriotism, ‘ishq-mijazi’ (love) or ‘ishq-e-haqiqi’ (divine love), Hakim Raazi Adeebi’s ’shayari’ or Urdu poetry is par excellence.

For Pune’s senior most and popular poet, shayari is an inseparable part of life. “Life is a poetry,” says the 88-year-old Unani practitioner in his 4×4 shop near Shivaji market in Pune camp.

So, what is it that brought out the shayar in you? Prompt came the reply: “Sukoone dil ka sahara mila na jab Raazi, to ikhtiyar ki ghabra ke shayari meine (On failing to find contentment of heart Raazi, so nervously I delved into shayari).

Recovering from his shayari mood, he says, “I have been fond of shayari since my school days at Yeola in Nashik district, where I was born in 1920. However, a chance meeting with my Ustad, Shaer-e-Hayat Hazrat Adeeb Malegaonvi, was a turning point in my life.”

Is Urdu Shayari losing popularity. Not at all, says he. In fact, Urdu Shayari is gaining popularity.

“It’s a wrong assumption that today’s generation is not interested in Urdu poetry. Shayari is being printed in the Devnagari script for those who can’t read Urdu. This itself goes to prove that it is becoming more popular.”

For Raazi, writing or saying a sher (couplet) only depends upon his mood and that there is no fixed time for that. Give him a subject and there he is ready with a sher.

“Sometimes, it is ‘ilhami’ (natural). He again gets poetic: “Tadbeer wa amal dono zaroori to hai Raazi lekin; padta hai muqaddar pay duaon ka asar.” The poet has also received ‘khilafat’ from the late spiritual leader Hazrat Peer Abdul Ghafoor Bakhshullah Shah Ashrafi.

Known for his penchant for writing ’sehra’ (for bride and groom), friends and acquaintances throng to him with an invitation for marriage and a request for…More

TOI : PUNE: Be it on friendship, patriotism, ‘ishq-mijazi’ (love) or ‘ishq-e-haqiqi’ (divine love), Hakim Raazi Adeebi’s ’shayari’ or Urdu poetry is par excellence.

For Pune’s senior most and popular poet, shayari is an inseparable part of life. “Life is a poetry,” says the 88-year-old Unani practitioner in his 4×4 shop near Shivaji market in Pune camp.

So, what is it that brought out the shayar in you? Prompt came the reply: “Sukoone dil ka sahara mila na jab Raazi, to ikhtiyar ki ghabra ke shayari meine (On failing to find contentment of heart Raazi, so nervously I delved into shayari).

Recovering from his shayari mood, he says, “I have been fond of shayari since my school days at Yeola in Nashik district, where I was born in 1920. However, a chance meeting with my Ustad, Shaer-e-Hayat Hazrat Adeeb Malegaonvi, was a turning point in my life.”

Is Urdu Shayari losing popularity. Not at all, says he. In fact, Urdu Shayari is gaining popularity.

“It’s a wrong assumption that today’s generation is not interested in Urdu poetry. Shayari is being printed in the Devnagari script for those who can’t read Urdu. This itself goes to prove that it is becoming more popular.”

For Raazi, writing or saying a sher (couplet) only depends upon his mood and that there is no fixed time for that. Give him a subject and there he is ready with a sher.

“Sometimes, it is ‘ilhami’ (natural). He again gets poetic: “Tadbeer wa amal dono zaroori to hai Raazi lekin; padta hai muqaddar pay duaon ka asar.” The poet has also received ‘khilafat’ from the late spiritual leader Hazrat Peer Abdul Ghafoor Bakhshullah Shah Ashrafi.

Known for his penchant for writing ’sehra’ (for bride and groom), friends and acquaintances throng to him with an invitation for marriage and a request for…More