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In a tribute to his father, Anashwar published a book “Holy Prostitute”, a compilation of short stories written by Sh.P.L.Chopra
Famous Urdu poet and writer and leading criminal lawyer, PL Chopra, popularly known as Naseem died about 39 years ago but his memories are still alive in his poetry even today. His son, Anashwar , a lawyer , not only inherited his profession and library but also carried forward his legacy of writing novels. In a tribute to his father, Anashwar published a book “Holy Prostitute”, a compilation of short stories written by Naseem, which was released here on March 1, coinciding with the first birth anniversary of his son, Yashawn . The book, released by Deepak Gupta, managing director, Plaza cable group of companies, and son-in-law of the chairman of Zee TV, Subash ji, and SSP, Karnal, Aishwinder Singh Chawla, contains stories written by Naseem over a period spanning four decades. Born in Gujranwala (joint Punjab) on October 5, 1906, PL Chopra graduated from Dyal Singh College, Lahore, before joining government services as Junior Prosecutor in 1929. At the time of partition, he was serving in East Punjab, which happened to be on this side of the Radcliff Award and never returned to his birthplace in West Punjab (now in Pakistan). After his retirement in 1961 as Prosecution Deputy Superintendent, Karnal, Naseem started practicing criminal law and soon became a leading criminal lawyer in Karnal district. However, his passion for penning down poems and stories in Urdu did not die down and he pursued criminal law and creative art of writing simultaneously with equal zeal till his demise on March 29, 1970. A man of varied interests, Naseem was a member of the Karnal Club and Bazm-E-Sukhan. His first poetry book in Urdu, Aaina-e-dil, was published by leading publishers of Delhi in 1961 and later translated in English under the title “The mirror of heart”. Naseem’s poetry contains the choicest oriental thoughts in pithy and several of his verses on amorous, heroic or philosophical themes have become an oft-quoted quotes to illustrate poignant suspenseful and lifting situations. The devotional element virtually eliminates the dividing link between mundane and the divine and creates a musical impact. The aroma of the oriental past merges into lifting melody and its verses grasp all delicate situations with an unsurpassable thoroughness of smile and metaphors, virtually entrapping nature at its best. Naseem has left behind three sons Madan Mohan Chopra, Inder Mohan Chopra and Anashwar Chopra and three daughters but Anashwar followed his footprints and published four novels in Hindi- “Saanjhe Ki Poonji, Adhoora Anindya, Naari Ki Hatya and Naag Kanya.” Contact : Anashwar Chopra