Kuch Yaadain Kuch Batain with Dr Arfa Syeda Zehra – Daily Notable
By Our Cultural Correspondent, Samreen Bukhari
Lahore
Covid-19 pandemic has changed the face of the world. There was a time when scholarly literary sessions were held in the halls of Alhamra. But as time changed, so did the Lahore Arts Council.
Alhamra relaunched its monthly literary and cultural session “Kuch Yaadain Kuch Batain” online through ZOOM.
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In the first online episode of the program Dr Arfa Syeda Zahra, a well-known intellectual, educationist and scholar was the guest. During the session, Dr Arfa Syeda Zehra shared her experiences and observations with the audience. Sumera Khalil moderated the program.
Opening the windows of the past, she shared the beautiful moments of her life with the audience and said her life had revolved around three loves, the first love being Pakistan, the second the Urdu language and the third love is Lahore.
Answering a question Syeda said, “Books have always been very close to my heart because I was born in a house where were books everywhere,”.
Adding that she said, ” as far as I can remember, I never had anything in my life other than the gift of books from my father”. She expressed that there has always been a deep connection with the books, which was why she chose to become a professor.
She further said, ” I always worked hard in acquiring knowledge, and worked hard on mastering the Urdu language in which Radio Pakistan played a very important role in my Urdu language training”.
Referring to the Urdu language, she said that she did a master’s degree in Urdu for two main reasons.
The first being because of those people who thought that only those who could do nothing else would get a Master degree in Urdu. “And the other most important reason was that my entire intellectual and cultural heritage had been gotten from the Urdu language”.
Comparing her times with today, she said that her parents taught her the art of living a very simple life. In such a way that she did not have any desire or longing left in her heart. She shared a memory about her mother, saying her mother taught her not to impatient. Because Allah knows best what his servant entitled to.
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Talking about the personalities who left a deep imprint on her mind and life. She spoke about Begum Siraj ud din her teacher in Lahore College for Women. Dr Nazeer Ahmad who was Principal GC college and Faiz Ahmad Faiz. All these persons taught her respect, patience, and the art of being a good human being.
Talking about Urdu Syeda said “I do not know why nowadays people consider it an honor to speak. Only the English language. In contrast, I did my matriculation in Urdu and did my MA in Urdu”. Syeda further said she became a student of Urdu to understand the history of the Sub Continent better.
Regarding her mastery of languages, Syeda said she could speak Persian as well as Urdu or English.
Dr Arfa said that the best example of gratitude is to be happy in all circumstances.
“At the end of the session, I would send a message. To the elders to take care of their “inner child”. Talking to the youth, Dr Syeda said that life not a list of commands. Because “getting things done is not a big deal.” Learn to be happy with what you have. Further learn to tell the truth to yourself and dream with open eyes”.
At the end of the program, Dr Arfa Syeda thanked Alhamra, its staff and Chairperson Lahore Arts Council Moneeza Hashmi.
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To know about Dr. Afra I feel so proud on her. Allah bless her. And thanks to daily notable for sharing this content. It will too good if our girls can do this as Dr. Afra is doing great. Really Dr. Afra is an excellent girl and very versatile example for us.