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| Kashmiri Poet Rasool Mir Day to be celebrated on July 8 at Dooru | | Mir for ensuring necessary arrangements | Srinagar, June 24(Scoop News)- A meeting of officers of different departments was held under the Chairmanship of Minister for Tourism Ghulam Ahmed Mir here on Monday to discuss arrangements for celebration of Rasool Mir Day on July 8th at Shahbad Dooru.
Secretary, J&K Cultural Academy, Director School Education, Director Tourism, Chief Executive Officer, Verinag Development Authority, Deputy Director Information, Deputy Director, Doordarshan Srinagar, Executive Engineers, R&B and PHE and other officers attended the meeting.
The meeting held threadbare discussion on several matters pertaining to the celebration of Rasool Mir Day.
It was decided that Cultural Academy, Information, Doordarshan, Tourism, Education Departments would arrange presentation of cultural programmes on the poetry of Rasool Mir on the day, while as R&B Department would set up a stage, PHE department would arrange adequate drinking water facilities and Municipal Committee Dooru would ensure sanitation facilities at the venue for the convenience of the people.
Speaking on the occasion the Minister underscored the need for highlighting the workings of this great poet who is also known as Keats of Kashmir by organising Mushairas and publication of his famed poetry.
The Minister impressed upon the concerned authorities to ensure all arrangements are put in place for making the day a success.
It may be mentioned that Rasool Mir was one of the leading Kashmiri poet of the 19th century. He was born at Doru Shahabad, a historic town in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir.
His poetry, its fervent youthfulness, its vibrant tenor, its tone of hearty yearning, its pristine emotions, all point to a poet, untouched by the cares of decaying age. Rasul Mir was said to have been alive in 1855 AD when Mahmood Gani passed away and died a few years before-Maqbool Shah Kralawari (d.1874). Accordingly his demise was reckoned between 1867-1870). Rasul Mir was thus said to have lived between 1820s and 1870s. Mr. Teng in his Kuliyati Rasul Mir, refers to a document, in revenue records at Anantnag, which bears the signature of Rasul Mir, as Nambardar and is dated 5th of April 1889. On this basis, Rasool may have lived into the last decade of 19th century.That is as close to factual certainity as researches have gotten to.
For the rest, there is his poetic legacy, and, ah again oral traditions. Oral traditions say, Rasul Mir was tall, handsome fair complexioned person, and sported moustaches that tapered far into the face. He was graceful, fashionable fellow, with a youthful heart that throbbed with love, love, and lots of love.
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