Ghufranraghib

| name =Ghufran Raghib غفران راغب| image =profile picture 2.jpg| image_size =| alt =| caption =Ghufran Ragghib| pseudonym =| birth_name =Ghufran AhmadKhan| birth_date={{birth date|1978|02|07|df=y}}| birth_place=[[BGH Bokaro]], [[Bokaro]],[[Bokaro Steel City (Jharkhand)|Bokaro District]]| occupation =[[Urdu poet]],[[Theater Activist]],[[journalist]]| language =English Persian Urdu Hindi| nationality ={{Indian}}| ethnicity =[[North Indian]]| citizenship =[[India]]| education =[[Urduliterature]] [[B.A. (Hons)]], [[Master ofArts|M.A.]] [[Theater and Performance Studies]] [[Ph. D.]]| alma_mater = [[Ranvijay S College, Bokaro|Ranvijay SCollege]] [[Chass College , Chass]] [[VinobaBhaveUniversity of the Hazaribagh|VBU]]| period ={{from|1995|to|1999|df=y}}| genre = ''[[Ghazal]]'', ''[[Nazm]]'',''Urdu/Hindi'',| subject =| movement =[[Neo-Progressive Writers' Movement]]| partner =| relatives =| influences =[[Ghalib]], [[Muhammad Iqbal|AllamaIqbal]] [[Karl Marx]] Syed MirHasan YousufSaleemChishti, [[FaizAhmmadFaiz]] etc.| signature =| signature_alt =| website =| portaldisp =}} '''Ghufran Raghib''' ([[Urdulanguage|Urdu:]] غفران راغب; February 07, 1978-) [[Member of some Literaryand Cultural Group an Society]] one of the young poets of the [[Urdu]] languagefrom [[State of India]]. A rising figureand notable member of the [[Neo-Progressive Writers' Movement]] (NPWM), Ghufrais an avowed [[Marxist Communism|Marxist-communist]], He is, nevertheless,inspired by South Asia's [[Sufi]] traditions. ==Biography=====Early Life and education===Ghufran Raghibwis born in asmall Town, Bokaro located near by [[Dhanbad]] (a city near distance from[[Ranchi]]), [[Jharkhand]] to theparents Raziahmad Khan and mother Rahmati Begum. GhufranRaghib hailed from annon-academic and Sufi family, where a company of local Sufi and SocialActivists were usually be at his home which met on a annual basis to promotethe Cultural and literacy movement in his native province. His father was agovernment employee and a learned man, a self-taught person, and an[[Autodidacticism|autodidact]]. Although his family was a devoted [[Islam|Islampractitioner]], but Ghufraniss brought upon to [[Secular Islam|secular mode]].Following the Muslim South Asian tradition, his family directed him to studyIslamic studies at the local [[Madarsa]] to be oriented to the basics of religiousstudies by Maulvi and Maulana and learned [[Arabic language|Arabic]], [[Persianlanguage|Persian]], [[Urdu language]] and the [[Quran]]. Gghufran was broughtup as [[Orthodox]] [[Muslim]], saw himself as an [[agnostic]], though a devotedmember of Muslim society. His father later pulled him out fromMadarsa, to get some contemporary education as he wanted his son to follow thefoot steps of [[Sir Syed Ahmad Khan]], sending him to attend the College.Ghufran got admission in a local college Momin College managed and run by thelocal educated people and family for academic education and after Intermediatehe joined [[ChassCollege|Ranvijay College of Bokaro]] for intermediate studyand graduation. At there, his most influential professors were Professor[[HumayunAshraf|Humayun Ashraf]] who taught [[Urdu language|Urdue]]. In 1995,Ghufran attained his [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] with [[B.A. (Hons)|Honors]] in[[Urdu language]], under the supervision of Professor Humayun Ashraf. In 1999,Ghufran joined the post-graduate programme of the JNU, obtaining [[Master ofArts|M.A.]] in [[Urdu literature]] in 1999. ===Academia and literacy=== In 1996, Ghufran joined a literacymovement, in [[Bokaro]] and was apointedits first secretary by the fellow Poets and Started writing poetry and and alsodevoted for human welfare cause. Ghufran was among a good friends of poet SlamNaiyer. Firstly he choose as his poetic teacher a famous poet of IndiaGhyasAnjumthet he consulted to Nawakhamzapuri and ZaheerGhazipuri also. Now adays he do not take Islaah from any Ustaad. Throughout his life, his poetryaddress basic feelings and oppressions, Ghufran himself never compromise on hisprinciples despite being threatened by the [[List of political parties inPakistan|right-wing]] Ghufran's writingsare comparatively new verse form in Urdu poetry based on [[Westernworld|Western]] models assimilating the modern Urdu with the classical. Ghufranused more and more demands for the development of socialism in the society,finding socialism the only solution of country's problems. Ghufran is concernedwith more broader socialists ideas, using Urdu poetry and theater for the causeand expansion of socialism in the country. ===Sufism=== {{Unreferenced section|date=January 2012}}Ghufran is an avowed supporter of[[Sufism]]. He had close relations with several Sufi saints of this time. He isa favourite of [[Shah BadiuddinZindaShaMadaar|ShaMadaar]], a Sufi of hisvillage and Makanpur, [[KhwajaMoinuddin]] and other renowned sufis. hebelive that [Sufis] are the real comrades.Ghufran was never accused of [[Atheism]]. ===Major literary works=== *''Pyaarpatthar''*''Shaadazimabadi and His ContemporaryGhazals''*''Thought and cultur in Urdu Ghazal in thefirst half of 20th century'' ==Famous Plays and dramatic Presentation byGhufran==*''KabiraKhada Bazar Mein''*''Spartacus'' by [[BadalSircar]].*''Waseem'' by SharmisthaSaha*''RUR'' by [[KarelČapek]]*''Tipu'' by [[H.S.Shivaprakash|H. S.Shivaprakash]]*''Galilio'' by Brecht {{reflist}} ==External links== [[ur:غفران راغب]] [[Category:1978 births]][[Category:Indian people]][[Category:Bihari people]][[Category:People from Delhi]][[Category:People from Jharkhand]][[Category:Indian poets]][[Category:Indian Muslims]][[Category:IndianTheater Activist]][[Category:Urdu poets]][[Category:Indian scholars]][[Category:Indian revolutionaries]] [[ur:اردو]]