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20 July 2012 By Saeed Qureshi It was one of those fascinating
evenings that one tends to remember for quite some
time. The venue was Desi restaurant Haveli in the
Irving city, Texas. The chief guest of the Mushaira
was Dr. Inamul-haq Javed from Pakistan, a great
renowned and acclaimed poet of unsurpassed humor.
Dr.Amanullah Khan, a cancer specialist, a socialite
and poet presided over the function. Among the poets who articulated
their well-crafted poetry compositions were Mrs.
Naheed Shad, and Messers Javed Ansari, Farhan Syed,
Qaiser Abbas, Saeed Qureshi, Younas Ijaz, Tariq Hashmi
and Dr. Amanullah. Mr. Younas Ijaz himself an
accomplished and gifted poet, deftly conducted the
proceedings of the Mushaira as the stage secretary. Before the start of the Mushaira
session there were two other phases. One was the
dinner served and the other was a briefing session by
the very dedicated campaigners and promoters of
STARfALL: Mr. Rehan and Mr. Qamar Iqbal. Both of them
in a lengthy discourse supported by video graphics
explained the aims and mission of this nonprofit body
that is solely geared towards providing healthy
vocations and activities to the youth of Pakistan.
Their deliveries carried force and fluency. Their impressive address throwing
light over the past achievements of the STARfALL also
contained a fervent appeal for donation so that they
could carry on their vital mission of channeling and
harnessing the energies and talents of the deserving
and competing young students of Pakistan within the
age bracket of 6-18 years. One can learn about the unique
and revolutionary program of this organization on
their website:
www.starfll.org
. STARfALL stands for Science and Technology Awareness
and Recognition for ALL. Finally the much awaited moment
arrived. It was for the honorable chief guest to
recite his soul-stirring, spell-binding and indeed
laughter-packed poetry that always leaves a lasting
effect on the listeners. The audience who were eagerly
waiting for this moment to come listened to Dr. Inam's
recital with rapt attention and enjoyed it to their
hearts' fill. Dr. Inam's petry is also a satire on the
social evils and vices that he portrays in his
inimibale style and diction. Each line that he uttered was
responded by huge applause and merriment by the
listeners. Of course such occasions to be in the
company of a distinguished poet of healthy and
nourishing humor, come rarely for the Desi immigrant
community. It was therefore a unique occasion that
would remain fresh in the memories of the audience of
this social evening. At the end there was a
photographic session with the chief guest. |
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