Tributes paid to legendary writer Gowhar on his 6th death anniversary

Chrar-i-Sharief, July 22: Glowing tribute were paid to legendary writer, jurist and novelist late  Gh Nabi Gowhar on his 6th death anniversary ,at an impressive literary function organised by  Sahitya Academy New Delhi and Kashmir Markaz Adab w Saqafat in association with  Gowhar Memorial Trust , at Life foundation  School  Charar-i -Sharief.

Justice (retired ) Bashir Ahmad Kirmani was the chief guest. Convenor Kashmiri Advisory Board , Sahitya Academy  Shad Ramzan  , members of the Kashmiri Advisory Board ,Sahitya Academy , Dr Sohan Koul ,  Mohd  Amin Bhat ,  Daali Tickoo Arwal  and  Chairperson Gowhar Memorial Trust ,Begum Haseena Akhtar shared the presidium.

On this occasion , KMAWS and Gowhar Memorial Trust  conferred this year's Gowhar Memorial Award  to Naat Khawan Abul Hassan Farooqi. The award carries a citation , Kashmiri  shawl and  cash of  Rs 10,000.

KMAWS  also honoured noted calligrapher Mohd Hussain Wahthori on this occasion.

Justice Kirmani in his presidential address while paying  glowing tributes to late Gh Nabi Gowhar said that Gowhar was a multitalented personality whose contribution to Kashmiri culture and  literature would be remembered for long. He said his writings are the  cultural , social and political reflection of Kashmiri history adding that one who wants  to understand Kashmir politics in depth , should read  novels of Gowhar. He urged the need to remember "our literary figures  to  enrich younger generations about our social and political traditions."

Convenor Kashmiri Advisory Board  Sahitya Academy, Shaad Ramzan in his inaugural address while paying tribute to Gowhar said that  he  took the Kashmiri literature  to the next level by blurring the difference between fact and fiction .

Member of the Kashmiri Advisory Board  Sahitya Academy , Dr Sohan Koul presented a keynote address and gave a comprehensive overview of the content of the novels of Gowhar . President Adbi Markaz Kamraz  Mohd Amin Bhat and prominent writer Prof Mohd Zaman Azurda also spoke on the occasion and threw light on the life and contribution of  Gowhar.     Mushtaq Mehram read a paper on the contribution of Gowhar to Kashmiri poetry . He urged the need for an in depth study of his literary works.

Ali Ahsan ,Inayat Gul ,  Mohd Yousf Shaheen and G. N Adfar also  presented exhaustive papers on the  literary works of Gowhar and  praised his contribution to kashmiri literature. They said Gowhar was a multitalented  Kashmiri author, novelist, poet, columnist and a veteran   jurist who  wrote about sixty books in Kashmiri, Urdu, and English languages on various subjects such as politics, literature, history and on Sufism.