Naresh Kumar Shad (1927 1969) (

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: नरेश कुमार शाद ) was a ghazal, qat'aa and rubai writer.

Biography

Naresh Kumar Shad was born in Ahiyapur, Urmar Tanda, District

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on 11 December 1927. His father Nauhariya Ram ''Dard Nakodari'' was a prominent and well known Urdu journalist and poet writer very famous back in those days. Having born to a Bhalla family of

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a small Kasba type of a town in

Jallandhar Jalandhar is the third most-populous city in the Indian state of Punjab and the largest city in Doaba region. Jalandhar lies alongside the Grand Trunk Road and is a well-connected rail and road junction. Jalandhar is northwest of the state ...

, he inherited fluent use of

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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from his father. Naresh Kumar Shad did his high school from Govt. High School Chunian. His wife name was Varsha Shad and couple had son, Rakesh Shad. Kartik and Akash Shad are their grand children. He got Government job and was posted at Rawalpindi and later on transferred to

. He was only 22 years old when his first poetry collection book named Dastak was published by a small publisher in Jallandhar in August 1950. Earlier on he used to write under the pen-name of Shad Nakodari,

being his hometown but later on as he explained in his book named Wijdan in 1966, he chose not to use his hometown in pen-name and chose Shad as his pen-name. His first book named Dastak was very popular in Urdu shayari circles and Shad got instant shot at popularity with its success. By far, his only close rival from Punjab was Sahir Ludhianvi.

Literary career

Naresh Kumar Shad was a disciple of Labhu Ram Josh Malsiyani (1883-1976) who was a disciple of Nawab Mirza

Daagh Nawab Mirza Khan Daagh Dehlvi ( ur, , 25 May 1831 – 17 March 1905) was a poet known for his Urdu '' ghazals''. He belonged to the old Delhi school of Urdu poetry.

Dehalvi. He wrote ghazals which had become very popular even when he was alive but his forte was Qat'aa and Rubai. His two collections of poetry, ''Qashen'' and ''Kalaam e Muntakhab'' were published during his lifetime. After his demise Naresh Kumar Shad Memorial Committee in the year 1970 published ''Shad Namah'' that contained his poems and articles appraising his literary output. Later on, ''Shad ki Shayari'' ''Shad aur Akhtar ki shayari'' and ''Adabi latife'' Published by Hind Pocket Books came to light.

Bibliography

* ''Lalkar'' * ''Dastak'' * ''Qashen'' * ''Wijdan'' * ''Shad Namah'' * ''Shad aur uski Shayari''

References

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