The National Book Foundation (NBF) has published in Urdu the famous book “Bulleh Shah” for book lovers, said NBF Director Majeed Malik.
The translation has been done by renowned scholar Dr Amjad Ali Bhatti. Talking to APP, Malik said the translator has a vast and remarkable experience in performing the uphill task of translating the legendary poet, Baba Bulleh Shah’s work in Punjabi.
NBF has also embarked upon translation of books in regional languages into English. In this connection, the famous book, Bulleh Shah, a collection of selective poetry has been published with translation in Urdu.
The book consists of 168 pages and is priced at Rs120. It is a mission of NBF to provide rare, quality and important books to the readers at very cheap prices, he added. Malik said this was achieved by the sole effort of Dr Amjad Bhatti who worked on the translation of 65 selected Kafian and 20 Dohraas in Urdu.
The layout has been designed by Mansoor Ahmad, informed Malik.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 11th, 2014.
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