"ہم سفر" از حمیدہ اختر حسین شخصیات کا نگارخانہ

Abstract

Autobiography is an important genre of prose in Urdu literature. In Urdu language, the word Ap Beti is used for this.The word aap beti is made up of two words namely aap itself and beti which has passed on itself.Aap Beti is an Urdu language word which means own story, own situation, autobiographical life situations, personal experience, past events etc.In the term of Urdu literature, aap beti refers to the written form of the situations and events that happen to oneself. That is, to describe or write down the situations and events that happen to one's own words.There are many women in Urdu literature who wrote Autobiographies.In these Autobiographies Hamida Akhtar Hussain RaiPuri's autobiography "Hum Safar" is also important. Hamida Akhtar Hussain Raipuri was the daughter of the most popular detective novelist of her time, Zafar Umar, and the wife of eminent writer and progressive critic Dr. Akhtar Hussain Raipuri. Hamida Akhtar Hussain devoted her entire life to household affairs. Her two goals in life were the best education of her children and the loving companionship of her husband in her life. After the death of her husband, at the insistence of her husband's friend, Dr. Jameel Jalbi, at the age of 72, she put down the golden moments of her life on paper and settled a beautiful world of memories in the form of an autobiography “Hum safar”. It is a biography, but also a tribute to the beautiful moments spent with her husband. It is not only her life; it is also a journey to many other worlds. The pictures are also a practical example for women to lead a perfect married life. The most important aspect of this autobiography is the excellent and beautiful examples of character portraits. This paper examines the hidden personal aspects of the important personalities of this era that we were not aware of before.