The year 2011 is being celebrated in Pakistan and the world over as a Faiz Year, a great poet who gifted the world a new concept of peace and love. His message is unique in many respects.
Many events are planned for the year ahead. One such programme had people from India also joining us in paying tribute to the great poet, while watching and listening to Jawaid Akhtar and Shabana Azmi, advocating peace and love between the two neighbours. Poet Jawaid Akhtar narrated his first encounter with Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
The reception accorded to the Indian delegation at the Faizs birth celebrations was extraordinary. The best tribute we can pay to Faiz is to promote love and mutual trust. The message of Faiz should act as a bridge in bringing the people of the two countries closer to each other.
HASSAN ALI
Lahore
