Urdu Studies, Vol 5 Issue 1, 2025

اپنی ہی آگ میں میں آپ جلا جاتا ہوں

Apni hi aag men main aap jala jata hun

Sarwarul Hoda

Abstract. This is a theoretical article in which the writer argues that when the critic’s anger becomes totalitarian, then the critic is harmed by it. It is not good for a literary society for the critic to be self-centered and unrelenting.

Prof. Sarwarul Huda is a distinguished scholar of Urdu language and literature, currently teaching at the Department of Urdu, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. An accomplished author and editor, he has made significant contributions to Urdu criticism, literary history, and text editing. Among his notable authored works are Gumshuda Ma‘ni Ki Talash: Mohammad Hasan Askari ka Tanqidi Mutala‘aImdad Imam Asar, and Raftgan ka Suragh. His editorial ventures—such as Diwan-e-Ashraf Ali Khan FughānDiwan-e-Imdad Imam AsarKulliyat-e-Waheed Akhtar, and Shahryar—are widely appreciated for their scholarly rigor and textual authenticity. Prof. Huda’s research and critical writings have earned him a prominent place among contemporary Urdu literary critics and editors.

اپنی ہی آگ میں میں آپ جلا جاتا ہوں Apni hi aag men main aap jala jata hun © 2025 by Sarwarul Hoda is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0