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For those who long for adrenaline By Zahra Ali
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xtreme Maneuvers Adventure Club or better known as EMAC invites you to refreshing Ramadan weekends to witness a breathtaking sunset at Khanpur Lake. Keep busy during Ramadan nights with EMAC that offers not only a beautiful view, but a special thrill for the true adventurer in you. EMAC, established in 2008, is the largest adventure corporation in Pakistan that provides unparalleled experiences for corporate team builders, student adventure trips, and for family and friends who wish to participate in an eventful weekend of self discovery. Considering it is Ramadan, a strenuous activity is not, per say, involved on EMAC’s agenda but a thrilling escapade from Iftaar to Sehri time is promised. On the Saturdays of 21st July and 28th, EMAC provides busy, fun-filled evenings, that comprise of the following (which you can choose from): jet skiing, night caving, night cliff diving, and camping. The escapade follows as planned, Iftaar – BBQ Dinner and Bonfire – Sehri. Throughout the night you are free to do as you please from the following exciting choices that come at a very reasonable price. However, on the Sundays of 22nd and 29th July, EMAC brings you
something different, the ultimate aspiration for the man – the dream of free flight: paragliding is an exhilarating offer that stands from 3pm onwards to Iftaar time. Before takeoff, you will be well prepared; you are to attend the beginners training for paragliding and then head for the hilltop closest by you for your Free Flying Experience with your instructor. With each flight you take that weekend with your instructor, you ought to ultimately master the technique – giving you yet another reason to choose EMAC. The company is the only one in Pakistan that offers highly experienced and certified professional Paragliding and ParaMotoring instructors. EMAC offers courses for those interested in applying for certified Paragliding, Power Gliding, Para-motoring, and Scuba Diving courses not only in Khanpur Lake, but all over the country. EMAC’s hopes are to help people overcome natural fears, phobias, or social conflicts by introducing the people to mother-nature like never before. The primary focus being on safety, EMAC offers free, qualified First-Aid and stand-by emergency services if anything is to go wrong, but not to be worried EMAC holds an impeccable safety standard as well as a successful training record
to date. Experiential learning, leadership skills and collective collaboration is taught throughout your trip - a weekend alongside EMAC could possibly change your habits for the betterment of your mind and soul. Zeeshan Malik, a recent adventurer who worked with Rashid Malik on his flight, commented regarding his experience with EMAC, “Thanks EMAC and Rashid for a thrilling experience. For all those who want some adrenaline-pumping action, EMAC is the place and Rashid is the man who makes sure you have an adventure of a lifetime.” Not only does EMAC offer a Ramadan Special, it also allows you to choose from over 20 different adventure weekends such as the Women vs. Wild Expedition, Adventure Boot- Camp, Adventure Camping, Rock Climbing, Cliff Diving, Paragliding, among others which are just some of the few you can choose according to your preference. For adventurers in Karachi, EMAC has opened its arms to water sports that include jet skiing, banana boats, and speed boats. So take a chance, make a change, and come out this Ramadan to experience what could be the most memorable time of your life.
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Books
Azam Kamal’s nazm, tributes to Zahoor Ahmad Faateh By Syed Afsar Sajid
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oted poet Azam Kamal has recently published a collection of his nazm titled Ashk Muskaratay Hain, his fourth publication. The other two books being reviewed here highlight the person and art of popular poet, scholar, and educationist from Taunsa Sharif (DG Khan), Prof. Zahoor Ahmad Faateh.
Ashk Muskaratay Hain Azam Kamal writes both poetry and prose. His earlier three publications Saahil ki Bheegi Rait (verse collection), Ghazal-eNau (an experiment in the domain of ghazal), and Lauh-e-Urooz (prose) speak well for his literary qualities. As for his instant work, his preamble explains the motif of the poems included in it. Environmental eventualities do affect the sensibilities of poets, artists, scholars, and intellectuals. 48 I July 28, 2013
How can a poet keep himself aloof from what is happening around him – injustice, inhumanity, moral waywardness, incongruities of sorts, want, violence, hunger, and all that! The author avers that the book is a lament, as it were, of this sordid state of affairs. Besides its self-written foreword, the book contains fifty-one poems inclusive of two devotional poems. The poems are well-structured; their eponymous titles (like Adhoorapan, Ek nai Karbala, Nabeena logoN ki basti, Hum keh thahray Ashk Muskaratay HaiN ajnabi, Doosra chehra, By Azam Kamal Karb, In khwaboN ko Publisher: Kamal Publishers Lahore - Kharian raushan kardo, Gulab rut – Kamalia ki saza, FasloN ka pul, Pages: 128; Price: Rs.220/Khwab kaisay daikhuN ga, Hairat, Intezar, Apni variety of their substance. zaat ka aks, Ta’aqub, Pagal kaun?, Manzar, to cite a few) The centrepiece of the work is Ashk adequately represent the range and Muskaratay Hain: WahshatoN kay
Abul Bayan Zahoor Ahmad Faateh Ka Kaife-Ghazal Compiler: Shabbir Naqid Publisher: Faateh Publications, College Road, Taunsa Sharif (DG Khan) Pages: 207; Price: Rs.300/-
jungle say/Jab bhi maeiN guzarta huN/SochaiN bae’n karti haiN/ AankhaiN surkhiyaN laikar/Gham ka Nauha likhti haiN/Apni ujri basti may/Ashk muskaratay haiN...! (The last line of the poem ‘Apni Laash kay matam par’ has been deliberately omitted here as its third syllable jars with the fourth disturbing its metric rhythm). The poem seeks to sum up the ironic situation (and for that matter a paradoxical one also!) at hand that appals and agonizes the hypertensive persona of these poems. Free verse has its own invisible artistic pattern. Whereas it allows its practitioner sufficient space to vacillate betwixt the uncharted extremities of a given discourse, it also sets a curb on his liberty with diction because grafting of words like thailay, saagar, jeewan, anddharti on the standard Urdu text, if done mechanically, would often tend to mar its poetic
Poochnay par hina ka naam liya/Khoon-e-dil haath par hamara tha Faateh faateh gham tha laikin aaj hai afsurda, afsurda/Zakhmi zakhmi qalb-e-hazeeN hai deedae-tar hai sawan sawan Zindagi zinda dili say jo guzari ham nay/Maut bhi day kay hamaiN jame-baqa guzray gi Aap ki aankhoN may aaNsu aa gaey/Kum nahiN yeh apna aijaz-ekhayal Mareez-e-dil ka hai paigham hum-nasheenoN ko/Sada-e-karb ko harf-eNazish-e-Arbab-e-Adab dua kaha jaaey Author: Muhammad Ismail Faiz Hadi Taunsvi Salb kar li hai basarat Publisher: Faateh Publications, College Road, katib-e-taqdeer nay/Jurm Taunsa Sharif (DG Khan) Pages: 112; Price: Rs.200/yeh tha talib-e-deed-erukh-e-janaN thay hum Kisi ka nakhun-e-tadbeer homogeneity. hogaya aajiz/ZabaN pay harf-e-dua Abul Bayan Zahoor Ahmad hai to kya ta’ajjub hai?
Faateh Ka Kaif-e-Ghazal
Shabbir Naqid has rightfully projected and idealized his teacher and mentor Zahoor Ahmad Faateh in this book, the biography of the man who lost his eyesight early in life, as narrated by the author, is a tale of heroism in the face of stark existential realities. The subsequent chapters of the book relate Zahoor Ahmad Faateh’s art as a poet of fine aesthetic sensibilities, discernment and selfawareness, optimism, pensiveness, romance, and humanitarianism. In the remaining chapters he carries out a survey of Faateh’s style and contemporaneity, his nonmelancholic (tarbiya) poetry, a finetuning of his art, and his versatility and self-exaltation (ta’alli) as a poet. A random selection from his verse would illustrate this contention:
Nazish-e-Arbab-e-Adab Muhammad Ismail Faiz Hadi Taunsvi, a contemporary but younger poet from Taunsa Sharif, has penned a panegyric in verse comprising some 65 poems, dedicated to his mentor and ideal Zahoor Ahmad Faateh, under the above title. The book carries a foreword from Dr. Khawaja Muhammad Zakariya in which he has deservingly lauded Faateh’s poetic ingenuity as well as faith in human values: Na kyuN afkaar-e-Faateh par sada nazaN rahay Hadi/K usnay anjuman may fikr-o-fun ka noor baNta hai Uskay liyay aizaz bahut hai yahi Hadi/Woh zeenat-e-fun nazish-e-arbabe-adab hai
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