The latest repetition of that legend is the witty essay “Nationalism over Verse” by Mr. People keep mentioning Azad’s name in the same context as Pakistan’s national anthem, claiming that he was the first to write one-at the express order, a few even maintain, of the Quaid. Odd, I hasten to add, only because the columns are not about poetry. His name, however, recently keeps coming up in odd newspaper columns in India and Pakistan. Azad was also an informed admirer of Iqbal, and his writings on the poet are still worth a look. Both were good enough poets, famous and much respected while they lived, but now largely forgotten. Jagan Nath Azad was the son of Tilok Chand Mahrum.
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