Böcker av Ashar Najmi

This is a collection of essays and reviews by renowned Urdu novelist, editor and translator Ashar Najmi. Since he is not a professional critic but a creator, his essays are different from the mainstream critical essays and his approach is also different. His articles and comments included in this book do not use the old concepts and obsolete language of Urdu criticism, but instead feel a freshness.

"Shabkhun', 'Sugaat', 'Aaj', 'Duniyazad', 'Awraaq', 'Aaj Kal' and 'Zhan-e-Jadid'; each of these magazines had its own special atmosphere or individuality. All of them have been closed except 'Aaj' and 'Aaj Kal' is never going to be closed. It is difficult to say about Ashar Najmi whether he is a great novelist or an editor, but in any case, an editor cannot be replaced by a novelist.'.Therefore, it is not difficult to infer that journalism (whether it is literary journalism or not) is of no use without creative passion. political, social, any subject is worthless without creative language. Therefore, the editorials written by Ashar Najmi are the perfection of the same pen that wrote 'Uss Ne Kaha Tha'. I am rationalizing my wonder and trying to fit this magic pen into the mold of rationality. " (KHALID JAWED, JCB PRIZE WINNER 2022)

Quarterly 'ESBAAT' is a literary magazine published from Mumbai for the last fifteen years. The first volume contains a selection of the articles that appeared in each of its issues during those fifteen years. Ashar Najmi is Chief Editor of ESBAAT.