Social Awareness In The Poem Of Majid Siddique

Abstract

Nazm is a popular form of poetry in Urdu literature, especially in 20^th century, this form got progress rapidly. Allama Iqbal geared up in such a way that this placed parallel to Ghazal. As modernism spread across the world, sub-continent also adopted it because this literary form had the capacity to narrate all matters of life. Progressive Writer Movement contributed a lot in this regard. After partition, in Pakistan “Nazm” as literary form took all problems of society as its subjects.

From Josh MalihAbadi to Faiz Ahmad Faiz and from Noon Meem Rashid to Meera Jee many poets portray the real picture of  their era. Majid Siddiqi is renown poet of 20^th century. In the decade of seventy, he started his poetry as Ghazal-go poet but soon he chose “Nazm” to cover all matters of society. He painted the true pictures of individual and collective living through his art. In this article, efforts have been made to point out social anxiousness in his Nazm.