Rohzin

Rohzin is a State Academy Award-winning novel^[1][2] by Rahman Abbas, published in 2016 at the Jashn-e-Rekhta, Delhi. Many scholars and literary critics have concurred that this is the most beautiful and creative novel written in Urdu in the last few decades.^[3][4][5] Critic and former President of Sahitya Akademi (New Delhi) Professor Gopi Chand Narang has said that Rohzin is an important turning point in the history of Urdu fiction. Sahitya Akademi Award-winning literary critic Nizam Siddiqui has said that there is no novel as major as Rohzin that has appeared in the second decade of the 21st century in Urdu. Gradually, it will reach at the surface of eternity as a strong signature of creativity.^[6][7]

Rohzin Is a novel about Asrar and Hina as well as a novel about Mumbai. On a fateful day, the city was submerged, and that day is the last day in the life of Asrar and Hina. This is where the novel begins, and from here Rahman Abbas leads us back in time to tell a story that deals with mythology, legend, religion, magic realism, sexuality, sensuality, love, loyalty and all other nuances of one's life.^[8][9][10]

In 2017, the Hindu Literary for Life festival hosted a session on Rohzin, where critic Shafey Kidwai discussed the novel with Rahman Abbas. The Seemanchal Literary Festival, TISS and Dehradun Literature Festivals also invited the author to read out from the novel. In 2016, Rawal TV, Canada’s Urdu television, broadcast an hour-long debate on the novel in which critics from India and Pakistan participated.^[11]

Rohzin grabbed the attention of German linguist and Urdu translator Almuth Degener who translated it for Draupadi Verlag under the German title "Die Stadt, Das Meer, Die Liebe", (The City, the Sea and the Love). The translated version was launched in Switzerland in February 2018.^[12][13]

Rohzin is one of those rare novels which has been an immediate success and debated widely in India, Pakistan, Middle East, Canada and other countries.^{[14][15][16][8][17]}

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Bibliography

• Rohzin First Edition 2016 ISBN 9789383322503 published by Arshia Publication New Delhi. .