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Legendary writer Bashir Badr, a Padma Shri awardee who wrote celebrated couplets similar "Ujale apni yaadon ke hamare saath rehne do", passed distant successful Bhopal connected Thursday (May 28, 2026), astatine the property of 91, aft a prolonged illness, household sources said. The seasoned writer breathed his past astatine his location successful Bhopal, a household subordinate said.
During the Shimla Agreement betwixt India and Pakistan successful 1972, Badr wrote the celebrated couplet "Dushmani jam kar karo lekin ye gunjaish rahe, jab kabhi hum dost ho jayein to sharminda na hon".
His different celebrated couplets are "Kuch to majbooriyaan rahi hongi, yun hullo koi bewafa nahi hota", "Ujale apni yaadon ke hamare saath rehne do, na jaane kis gali maine zindagi ki shaam ho jaye", and "Log toot jaate hain ek ghar banane mein, tum taras nahi khate bastiyan jalane mein".
Noted lyricist Javed Akhtar expressed grief implicit Badr's demise. “Today, our connection Urdu has go a small poorer. Bashir Badr, an highly melodious poet, has departed from our gathering forever. This writer and his poesy volition unrecorded connected successful our memories forever,” helium posted connected X.
Badr's ghazals, similar those of Meer Taqi Meer, contained highly modern Urdu and were easy understood and appreciated by people. Some of his masterpieces served arsenic an look of anguished emotion and besides expressed the mysteries of life.
Born successful Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) connected February 15, 1935, Badr was renowned for his mastery of the Urdu language, particularly successful ghazals, and was besides good versed successful Persian, Hindi and English. 'Aas', the award-winning postulation of 69 ghazals, is considered a jewel successful the poetic crown of Badr. One of his collections, titled 'Kulliyate Bashir Badr', has been published successful Pakistan.
Believed to person started penning poesy astatine an aboriginal property of 7, helium was a pioneer successful melting the brushed tenderness of Urdu connection into the English diction successful galore of his lyrics, arsenic per a website dedicated to Badr. He brought retired much than 7 collections of poems successful Urdu and 1 successful Hindi. He has to his recognition respective ghazal collections - 'Ikai', 'Image', 'Aamad', 'Aahat', 'Kulliyate Bashir Badr'. He besides penned 2 books of literate criticism: 'Azadi Ke Bad Urdu Ghazals Ka Tanqidi Mutala' and 'Biswin Sadi Mein Ghazal'. He besides brought retired a postulation of Urdu ghazals successful the Devnagari script, titled 'Ujjale Apni Yadon ke'. His works person besides been published successful Gujarati and translated into English and French.
Apart from the Padma Shri, Badr was awarded 4 times by the U.P. Urdu Academy and erstwhile by the Bihar Urdu Academy. He was bestowed with the Meer Academy Award and received respective different honours. Badr's beingness travel was not easy. His location successful Meerut was burnt during communal unit successful April 1987, destroying astir of his unpublished works. But helium started each implicit afresh and moved to Bhopal. The incident, unneurotic with different beingness challenges, lent a beardown pathos to galore of his writings, arsenic per the website.
The wide readership of his enactment made him question to assorted places astir the world, including the U.S., Dubai, Qatar and Pakistan. Badr is survived by his woman and 2 children. His past rites volition beryllium held successful the evening, a comparative said.
