Renowned Urdu poet Zia Nehtauri dead
Renowned Urdu poet Zia Nehtauri dead
Dehradun, Oct 12
Renowned poet Zia Nehtauri, who served Urdu and Hindi literature in Dehradun for more than 60 years, died this morning in Mehuwala after a prolonged illness. The 87-year-old Zia Nehtauri was a press photographer by profession and a well-known fine art painter. Zia Nehtauri , who provided free service in his photo studio in Dhama Wala Kamal Market for 40 years, lived his life with great simplicity and harmony. International poet Afzal Manglori, member of Uttarakhand Language Institute and former vice president of Urdu Academy, expressed grief over the demise of Zia Nehtauri and said that Zia sahib had to live in a rented house all his life. Despite this, he did not extend his hand to anyone and continued to live his life with pride.
He said that he will meet Chief Minister Pushkar Dhami to request the government to give some posthumous honor to his family for Zia Nehtauri, who has promoted and encouraged many poets like me. He is survived by his wife, a son and two daughters in his family. On his demise, poets Amber Kharbanda, Aslam Khataulvi, Monica Mantasha, Doli Dabral, Afzal Mangalori, Vijay Droni, senior poet Shrikant Sharma, Nadeem Burney, poet Haldhar ji, RA Khan, Dard Garhwali have expressed condolences. He was buried in Mehuwala graveyard this evening.
