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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.

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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

TOI : PUNE: The Paud police have arrested Lonavla-based real estate agent Khurshid Bohari (42) for allegedly changing the classification of an agricultural land at Deoghar-Nangaon villages in Mulshi taluka for selling it to a businessman in Solapur.

He was remanded to police custody till August 2 by judicial magistrate first class R.B. Bhagwat. He was arrested on a complaint lodged by assistant inspector Dnyaneshwar Ganore of the local crime branch of the Pune rural police.

Bohari’s involvement came to light while conducting an inquiry into a complaint application filed by Jejus Sudhir Lal of Malad at Mumbai, saying that someone has changed the survey numbers of his property.

The inquiry revealed that Bohari had obtained power of attorney of Shah of Mumbai in respect of a land at Deoghar-Nangaon. He had sold some parts of the agricultural land on the basis of the power of attorney and by forging documents to show that it was non-agricultural land. Bohari had even got the documents notarised from a lawyer practising at the Bombay High Court.

The probe brought to light the fact that Bohari had sold a plot to Suhas Balbhim Deshmukh of Solapur in 2005.

Bohari is involved in cheating and extortion cases registered at Lonavla and Paud. He is also involved in another cheating case registered with the Surat police. The suspect is being charged for cheating the government for allegedly tampering with the non-agricultural certificate. Print EMail DiscussNew B…More

TOI : PUNE: Babasaheb Hatekar (38) of Bibvewadi was on Friday sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering his wife Kavita (30) in 2006 by setting her ablaze.

Additional sessions judge Shalini Phansalkar-Joshi also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on the accused. Hatekar will have to undergo six more months rigorous imprisonment if he fails to pay the fine.

According to the prosecution, the couple married in 1994 and had two sons. Their relations turned sour after Hatekar suspected Kavita of adultery. On January 25, 2006, after a quarrel, Hatekar poured kerosene on Kavita and set her afire.

Kavita, who received 70 per cent burn injuries, passed away at the Sassoon general hospital on January 30, 2006. In her dying declaration, she held her husband responsible for the incident.

The Sahakarnagar police, who then arrested Hatekar, slapped murder charges against him under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. Print EMail DiscussNew B…More

TOI : PUNE: The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has lodged two complaints with the Sangvi police about the bogus gunthewari certificates. Speaking to TOI on Friday, Vishwas Bhosekar, Zone D officer confirmed the complaints.

On Thursday, Congress corporator Shrirang Barne alleged that bogus gunthewari certificates were being given to people.

Reacting to this, Ashish Sharma, municipal commissioner, PCMC, had said that police complaints would be lodged if such cases were detected. An official in Zone D office said one of the cases occurred in Pimpri while the other is from Wakad area of the PCMC limits. Print EMail DiscussNew B…More

TOI : PUNE: The Wanowrie police on Friday detained 22 students for pelting stones at the police, injuring a sub-inspector, during an agitation at the Jaywantrao Sawant College of Engineering at Hadapsar.

The students were protesting against the fee hike.According to the police, the college had recently increased the yearly fees from Rs 26,500 to Rs 37,500 and asked the third-year students to pay the fees along with the difference for the last two years.

On Friday morning, the college authorities maintained that the fee hike was effected not by the college but by the government. They offered a concession saying that the students will not be asked to pay the increased amount for the first six months. However, the students insisted on a written assurance on cancellation of fee hike.

After the students started their agitation and pelted stones, members of the Shiv Sena and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena reached the college and joined the agitation.

Soon, the college authorities called the police. Assistant commissioner of police Ramesh Biwal appealed the students to calm down. but the students refused. The police then resorted to lathi-charge and the students retaliated by pelting stones. Sub-inspector Kshirsagar was injured in the stone pelting. Print EMail DiscussNew B…More

TOI : PUNE: If you spot the hitherto unarmed traffic cops wielding batons at junctions and roads in the city, don’t be surprised. Raucous motorists have prompted the force to make use of the power granted to them.

Four cases of motorists manhandling traffic cops on duty were reported in the last one week. “We filed complaints and got them arrested. However, for the safety of our officers and personnel on duty, we have purchased 800 batons,” deputy commissioner of police (traffic) Manoj Patil said.

Every traffic cop will carry a baton, Patil said. “We have given them orders to be polite to motorists and the batons will be used only as a last resort. The traffic police have also been told to inform their senior officers in case of any manhandling.” Moreover, the local police stations have been ordered to help the traffic police in such cases, he added.

The 800-odd traffic police personnel will also receive masks. “After receiving orders from the police commissioner, we are planning to purchase 800 masks for the cops,” Patil said. The purchases were made from the traffic branch office expenditure, he added.

Meanwhile, the number of cases registered against errant motorists has increased from 1,200 to around 2,300 daily. “The only solution for streamlining traffic is imposing fines on violators of rules. We are not interested in increasing our collection or the number of cases,” Patil said.

To improve the traffic situation on Karve road, Patil said they have stopped the area traffic control system between Khandoji Baba chowk and Nalstop chowk. “We are trying to synchronise the signals. More fine-tuning will be done in the coming days.”

He said they would also synchronise the signals on the road from airport to Rajbhavan on a priority basis in view of the Commonwealth Youth Games. Print EMail DiscussNew B…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