An Interview of Akhtar Shah Editor Lhraan (Published for over 45 years)

 

An Interview of Akhtar Shah Editor Lhraan (Published for over 45 years)

1937-2011

I did this interview in 2007, When Akhtar Shah started Lehraan, there was not any regular Punjabi magazine So with many people he established Punjabi Adabi Majlis. He started Lehraan magazine in mid 1960s and it remained in print till his death. His services for the Punjabi is among the rare examples, his mother tongue was  Pushto but he choose Punjabi.

 2007 نوں اختر شاہ ہوراں دا انٹرویو کیتا۔ شاہ ہوری خیبر پختونخوا وچ 3 مئی 1937 وچ جمے تے مارچ 2011 نوں 

پورے ہوئے۔ مادری زبان پشتو سی پر 45 ورہے تیک پنجابی رسالہ لہراں کڈہیا۔ دیر جمے، بٹ خیلہ، مردان تے 

پشور پڑھے، 1957 وچ لہور آئے تے ایتھے دے ہی ہو کے رہ گئے۔ فقیر محمد فقیر انہاں نوں پنجابی تے لایا۔ 

1962 وچ پنجابی ادبی مجلس بنائی۔ اونہاں اردو دائجسٹ دے الطاف قریشی، واصف علی واصف تے جہانگیر جوجھا 

دی کہنیاں وی سنائیاں، خضر تمیمی، ڈاکٹر باقر، شہباز ملک، احمد سلیم، الیاس گھمن، جمیل الدین عالی تے سبط الحسن 

ضیغم سنے بہوں گلاں

Link of the Interview

https://wichaar.com/item.php?c=8&id=3396&s=19

Obituary

Dr Akhtar Hussain was born on May 3, 1937, in a small village in district Dir and Pashto was his mother tongue. But once he shifted to Lahore, he took on Punjabi and excelled in it to an extent that he did his doctorate in the language. His topic was ‘Var’, which in Punjabi poetry is a heroic ode or ballad that generally narrates legends such as stories of Punjabi folk heroes or historical events.

Examples of odes and ballads include narrating the feats of Dulha Bhatti and Raja Rasalu, whereas examples of the historical incidents can include Najabat's Nadar Shah Di Var which describes the invasion of India by Nadir Shah in 1739. The Var has also been used to evoke the mood of devotion or sacrifice, as in Guru Gobind Singh's Chandi di Var, or to narrate the mystical experience of a Pir, Bhagat or Guru. His PhD thesis was over 800 pages long.

https://apnaorg.com/articles/pakistantoday-2/ 

The Lehran was initially published in Shahmukhi, the Perso-Arabic script used for writing Punjabi in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. Shortly before 2005, Monthly Lehran started to transliterate its articles to Gurmukhi—the Punjabi script used in Indian Punjab. It was a pioneer in this field, which was appropriated by many other Pakistani writers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehran

Obituary in Pakistan Today

He is regarded as one of the pioneers of the Punjabi language movement. Dr Akhtar Hussain’s articles included in the book are about people, their literary contribution and their activities for the promotion of the language. Dr Faqir, in Hussain’s view was the greatest source of inspiration for carrying on the publication of the magazine which now is the oldest Punjabi magazine.

https://archive.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/03/15/punjabi-scholar-dr-akhtar-hussain-passes-away/