Hyderabad:Maulana Azad’s contribution to education, religious harmony and national integration was remembered at Maulana Azad National Urdu University (Manuu) on Wednesday, November 11, through a memorial lecture and an evening theatre performance.
Mumbai’s Ekjute Theatre Group presented Ek Lamhaa Zindagi: A Love Story 1938–1979, written and performed by Juhi Babbar Soni, at the Open-Air Theatre, Gachibowli.
Manuu’s cultural activity centre and dean of students’ welfare organised the programme as part of the Azad Literary Festival.
As a part of the event, Bihar Governor Lt Gen. Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd) delivered the Azad Memorial Lecture at Manuu. He described Azad as a guide for young people, praised the Indian Army’s religious harmony and called for collaborative leadership.
The two events had a personal connection for theatre actor and writer Soni. “My play is, of course, a tribute to my grandparents. But through my grandparents, it is also a tribute to Maulana Azad and to this beautiful city, Hyderabad,” she said, adding that Wednesday’s performance was the 50th show of the production.
The story follows her maternal grandparents, Urdu writer Razia Sajjad Zaheer and progressive writer Sajjad Zaheer, through the independence period and years of separation.
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