Members of Writers’ Forum Kuwait (WFK) held a literary meet at the start of the spring season in Kuwait. The meeting, which was held at the residence of WFK president, Maimuna Ali Chougle on 25 March. The chief guest of the evening, Dr. Hasan A Khan along with his spouse, as well as other participants were welcomed by.Dr. Radhika Guleri, the executive member of the forum.
Urdu poet and writer, Sabir Omer presided over the event, a highlight of which was the poetic blend of Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and English languages. The prose session started with a short article by Sabir Omer on the renowned Konkan poet, the late Sh. Parvez Baghi. Sweet melodious recitation of a Hindustani ghazal by Kamla Prakash gave a pleasant musical start to the poetry session.This was followed by a patriotic poem by Kalpana Shah in Hindi, which reminded everyone of the sacrifices made by our martyrs, and a disapproval of thoughts of poet Edward de Bono’s were beautifully expressed in the English poem by Sabiha.
Anupama Chaturvedi gave an interesting twist to the evening, by creating suspense through her story based poem in Hindi. The waves of emotions and sentiments, about the parent-child relationship, touched all, when Dr. Radhika presented her poem. Urdu poet Shabeer Ahmed expressed his views in a few couplets of his beautifully penned ghazal.
Listening to the gems of wisdom shared by the chief guest, Dr. Hasan Khan was indeed a treat for the forum. Believer of humanity as religion and a cardiologist by profession, Dr. Khan who has spent forty happy years in Kuwait, shared his thoughts about life, as expressed in his recently published book, ‘Resilience, Survival and Perseverance’. This book showcases an autobiographical account of the journey of his life,as a physician, traveler, and family man. He gave a gist of the memoir by explaining about the obstacles he encountered and overcame, the life lessons that he learned, and the material and spiritual wisdom gathered along the way.
