Lt Governor releases Mushtaque Barq’s books “Zarf Zargar” & “Exploring Vimal’s Rahi”
Srinagar, July 21: Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha today released “Zarf Zargar” and “Exploring Vimal’s Rahi”, the translated books of the original works of prominent poets Ahad Zargar and Rehman Rahi, by Mushtaque B. Barq, at Raj Bhawan.
The Lt Governor congratulated Sh Mushtaque Barq and all those associated with the publications. He lauded the efforts to carry forward the rich legacy of the great poets like Ahad Zargar and Rehman Rahi through translation of their illustrious literary works.
The book “Zarf Zargar” released today by the Lt Governor is the anthology of selected Sufi poems by prominent poet of Kashmir Ahad Zargar, translated into English by Mushtaque B. Barq.
“Exploring Vimal’s Rahi” represents the English translation of Jnanpith Award Recipient Rehman Rahi’s poems, initially translated into Urdu by Dr Satish Vimal.
Sh Mushtaque B. Barq; Dr Satish Vimal; Sh Khurshid Ahad Zargar, son of the poet Ahad Zargar, and Sh Sheikh Mohammad Waseem, publisher of the anthologies were present on the occasion.
