Sang-e-Meel published his complete poetical works, Kulliyat-e-Shakeb Jalali, in 2004.īorn on Oct 31, 1954, in Gujranwala, she wrote poetry in Urdu and Punjabi. Roushni aye roushni, a collection of his poetry, appeared in 1972. This kept on haunting him all through his life and on Nov 12, 1966, he threw himself before a passing train near Sargodha. Shakeb’s father, suffering from some mental illness, had thrown Shakeb’s mother before an approaching train and Shakeb, 10, at that time, witnessed the devastating incident along with his siblings. Born Syed Hasan Rizvi in Jalal, a village near Aligarh, on Oct 1, 1934, Shakeb suffered from the painful memories of his mother’s tragic death. Today considered one of the distinguished Urdu poets of post-independence era, Shakeb Jalali was mostly ignored by his contemporaries. Before disappearing, he had handed over the incomplete manuscript of his novel to Maulana Salahuddin Ahmed. Shams had penned nine short stories and an unfinished novel. Vazeer Agha, a close friend and relative, believed that he had committed suicide, since Vazeer Agha had saved his life on one occasion when Shams had taken some tranquillisers. On Dec 3, 1945, he disappeared and never returned home. Born in 1922, Agha was a sensitive child and as a result of separation between his parents, he was separated from his mother and siblings, which added to his restlessness. Though not well-known, Shams Agha was a talented short story writer and novelist. Without going into the details as to what causes depression, let us have a look at the authors of Urdu who committed suicide: Why do people kill themselves? The experts often cite depression, and the resultant hopelessness, as the reason. Though the topic is rather gloomy, someone could not refrain from commenting in the lighter vein that writers’ tendency to commit suicide should be included in “occupational hazards”. The list goes on and in fact Joumana Haddad, an Arab woman author, has published Death will come and it will have your eyes, an anthology of 150 poets who committed suicide. Qazi (Sindhi) and Mishima Yukio (Japanese) are just a few of hundreds of authors who committed suicide. Virginia Woolf, Ernest Hemingway (English), Sadiq Hidayat and Taqi Rifat (Persian), Allama I.I.
Perhaps creativity has a price and an author has to pay it.
Researchers at Karolinska Institute, a medical university in Sweden, carried out a study based on the data representing about 1.2 million patients with problems such as Schizoaffective disorder, depression, alcohol abuse, suicidal tendencies etc., and found that creative persons, especially authors, were twice as likely to commit suicide. John Steinbeck, the fifth one, according to Goodwin, was “probably” alcoholic. Goodwin, MD, in his Alcohol and the Writer wrote that out of 11 American Nobel Laureates, four (Eugene O’Neill, Sinclair Lewis, Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner) were “clearly alcoholics”. Modern research supports the popular idea that connects mental illness with creativity.Ī study carried out at Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 2005 concluded that writers and their close relatives, when compared with people having the similar educational background and similar IQ levels, had higher rates of mood disorders. The value of gold futures fell by 0.46 percent to reach Rs 48,080 and silver futures also witnessed a fall of 1.It is generally assumed that creative people have a marked tendency to suffer from mental disorders. Gold price today: 10 grams of 24-carat gold touches Rs 48,160 silver at Rs 60,900 per kg UK lawmakers back COVID curbs to rein in Omicron amid revolt by Conservative Party MPsĪll passed comfortably because of Opposition party support, but 97 Conservatives voted against the nightclub rules, according to a House of Commons tally - by far the biggest rebellion of Boris Johnson's premiership The country’s toll climbed to 4,76,135 with 247 fresh fatalities whereas the national recovery rate stood at 98.38 percent India reports 6,984 new COVID-19 infections in 24 hours active cases decline to 87,562 Nadda will be accompanied by the chief ministers and deputy chief ministers of BJP-ruled states on his visit to the city and he is expected to perform a puja at the famous Hanumangarhi temple In Mumbai, petrol is retailing at Rs 109.98 while diesel costs Rs 94.14īJP national president JP Nadda in Ayodhya today first visit to city since Supreme Court's judgment in Ram Janmabhoomi case Petrol and diesel prices on 15 December 2021: Petrol price in Delhi stands at Rs 95.41 per litre while diesel is available for Rs 86.67. Petrol, diesel prices today: Rates static on 15 December, check here what you need to pay in your city