By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi: Vice President of India Mohd. Hamid Ansari today released a commemorative postage stamp on noted Urdu poet Asrar-Ul-Haq ‘Majaaz.’
At a function in the capital, he presented one set each of these stamps to Hamida Saleem, sister of Majaaz and to the Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University.
The Vice President, Mohammad Hamid Ansari releasing the commemorative postage stamp on ‘Asrarul Haq Majaaz’. The Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology, Dr. Shakeel Ahmad and the Secretary Department of Post, Shri I.M.G. Khan are also seen.
Addressing on the occasion, Hamid Ansari said every youth of his age might have surely read and recited the lyrics of Majaaz and people in the every part of the world do recite his lyrics. He was a revolutionary poet and his writings have influence of revolution. He had an impact on an entire generation of people and his lyrics were full of romance and revolution, the vice president said. He lauded the effort of Department of Posts to honour Majaaz by bringing out a commemorative postage stamp on him.
In his address, Minister of State for Communication and IT Dr. Shakeel Ahmed said it was the fundamental responsibility of the Department of Posts to honor illustrious personalities of the country and very soon more such commemorative postage stamps would be released.
In her speech, Hamida Saleem, sister of Majaaz, threw light on some interesting aspects of the personality of Majaaz. Noted film lyricist Javed Akhter, who is nephew of Majaaz, also shared his experiences.
Those who graced the occasion included Gursharan Kaur, wife of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, Mohsina Kidwai, MP and former Union Minister, Shabana Azmi, former MP, I.M.G. Khan, Secretary (Posts), K. Noorjeharn, Member (Operations & Marketing), Postal Services Board.