Shamsher Singh's Hindi, Urdu works appreciated

WARDHA: The literary work of Shamsher Bahadur Singh, the great Hindi poet, gives an insight into the culture of Hindi and Urdu languages, said Kedarnath Singh, a well-known poet.
Singh was speaking at a symposium organized at Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University to mark the 19th death anniversary of Shamsher Bahadur Singh. Ranjana Argade, a renowned writer, gave the literature (published and unpublished) and paintings of Shamsher Singh and copyright of his works to Swami Sahajanand Saraswati Sangrahalaya of the university.KG Khamre, registrar of the university, received the works and signed an MoU.
Kedarnath said Shamsher Singh provided a new style to poems. A reader can find influence of Urdu words in Hindi poems. Dr Ganga Prasad Vimal lauded the university for maintaining an excellent library.
Vijay Mohan Singh, a renowned story writer, said that Shamsher Singh used paintings as one of the tools to express his views.
Vice-chancellor Vibhuti Narayan Rai said that those doing research on Shamsher Singh will have to come to Wardha. A film on Shamsher was also screened.