Faiz Doesn’t Belong to Pakistan But the Whole World, Says Grandson

On Faiz Ahmad Faiz’s 109th birth anniversary, learn about the poet from his grandson Dr Ali Madeeh Hashmi.

Dr Ali Madeeh Hashmi is a psychiatrist by profession even as poetry runs in his genes. Being Faiz Ahmad Faiz’s grandson, it’s only laazim that Dr Hashmi is also an author of two books and numerous articles, including an authoritative biography of the poet. Amidst the storm around Faiz’s poem ‘Hum Dekhenge’ in India, complete with the constitution of an IIT committee to judge the verse, The Quint spoke to Dr Hashmi about Faiz’s life, poetry and wit.