Ajmer (Rajhastan) is my place of birth.My Father
Syed Ahmed Ali Jafri and my Grand Father Syed
Yousuf Ali Jafri (Arabic and Persian Scholar) also
belonged to Ajmer Sharif.
Tonk is the place of birth of my Mother Syeda
Sadrunnisa Jafri and my Nana was Syed
Mehmood Hussain Jafri (famous Law Expert of
Tonk).
I had studied in Ajmer and Tonk Schools.My
cousin Brothers Syed Akhtar Hussain Jafri,Syed
Qaiser Hussain Jafri and Syed Mushtaq Hussain
Jafri had also studied in Tonk.
Famous writer Mushtaq Yousufi Sahib had also
studied in the famous Darbar High School ,
Tonk.He mentioned it to me during the Grand
Jashn e Mushtaq Yousufi function for which the
famous poetess,writer, chief editor of Urdu
Manzil Sabiha Saba and your Brother,Organizer
of International Mushaire Saghier Ahmed Jafri
and Pakistanis had made many months efforts to
arrange successfully in the Pakistan Association ,
Dubai.
The famous writers and poets Dr. Aslam
Farrukhi,Farhat Parveen, Fatima Hassan were
also invited and for that Sabiha Saba and your
Brother Saghier Ahmed Jafri had kept contact
with them and Yousufi Sahib all the time until
the grand and historic literary
Jashns/International Adabi Functions and Adabi '
Literary Awards ceremonies were over
successfully.
After Jashn e Mushtaq Yousufi , the lovers of
literature in all parts of the World appreciated our
efforts in organizing successfully the
Jashn e Farhat Parveen and Jashn e Ayub
Khawer in Dubai (UAE).
I was also a frequent visitor to Jaipur where
Akhtar's Father Syed
Masood Hussain Jafri was a Senior Manager.
Masood Hussain Jafri and Akhtar Hussain Jafri
were famous Urdu poets of Tonk where I got
opportunity to attended a few interesting literary
events/adabi nashishsts.Thanks to Dear Brother
Urdu poet Syed Akhtar Hussain Jafri who used to
come to our house in Tonk State of those olden
days and take me to the adabi majlis.
While studying in the famous Darbar High School
Tonk,I and many
students were very active.
We used to participate in Darbar School Tonk's
Adabi/Literary
activities/Sheri Nashisht,Urdu poetry,short stories
and essay
readings etc.Our Ustad Abdul Aziz Sahib was
keen in arranging such programs depending
upon availability of time from regular classes of
various subjects (Urdu,Arabic,Farsi,English,Maths
etc.)
In near future,we may visit
Pakistan,India,Bangladesh,Qatar and USA.
First,we will go to Karachi,Lahore,Sahiwal and
Islamabad.We will then travel to Bangladesh
where we hope to visit Dhaka,Sylhet and
Chittagong etc. where from 1963 to 1971 , I had
worked on many important power and water
projects as Engineer in Charge,Projects
Engineer,Projects Manager,Senior Eng'r.
Incharge First Tallest Towers in the history of
former East and West Pakistan (1966) and
Manager East Pakistan for major projects.
During our stay in India,we hope to visit
Ajmer,Tonk and Jaipur,Merrut etc. depending
upon the places for which the Indian Embassy
will give us visa.
The poets,writers,editors,journalists,media
experts may meet
us.They may write to us/email at :
saghierjafri@gmail.com
Saghier Ahmed Jafri
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