Dr Darakhshan addresses seminar on Habba Khatoon
Says Habba Khatoon represents Kashmir’s feminine sensibility
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board Chairperson Dr Syed Darakhshan Andrabi Thursday addressed a one day seminar on the famous poetess of Kashmir, Habba Khatoon at Government Degree College Pampore as the Chief Guest.
The litterateur and poet politician, Andrabi thanked Sahitya Akademi Kashmiri Advisory Board Convenor Prof Shad Ramzan for organising such a fruitful seminar on the Queen-poetess of Kashmir, the daughter of the saffaron land Habba Khatoon.
The Waqf Board Chairperson said that Kashmir has the distinction of having produced women of eminence throughout the history and women have a played a great role in shaping the unique cultural landscape called Kashmir.
“Habba Khatoon is not only a women expressing her heart out, but she is the loud announcement of the might of the womenfolk of Kashmir. People of Kashmir know Habba Khatoon as the musical voice of the feminine sensibilities of the valley of Kashmir”, said Andrabi.
She said that after decades of torture and suppression of women in J&K, we are now in a conducive atmosphere where women are feeling free to express themselves.
“Women voices need to be heard for a peaceful world. We have to collectively ensure that women get due shares and appropriate platforms for their expression. Any society which doesn’t hear to the women with honour is bound to perish,” said Darakhshan Andrabi.
Andrabi supported the resolution that Pampore Degree College be named after the poetess Habba Khatoon.
She appealed to the educated class of the society to broaden the space for women in every social discourse so that we, as a modern society and country, are able to grow in sync with the modern world. Famed writer Mohammad Yousuf Teng, Prof Mohammad Zaman Azurdah, President Adbi Markaz Kamraz Mohammad Amin Bhat and Prof Ghazala Azhar the Principal of the College were also part of the grant event.
