“lisaanii tashkiilaat aur taKhliiqii tajribaat ka nigaar-Khaana … jis men jamaaliyaatii aur lisaanii tajribe ki ek duniyaa aabaad nazar aatii hai.” – Haqqani Al Qasmi, Urdu sahaafii aur naqqaad

“…’Naaqid’ ka kalaam behad Khuubsuurat hai. Jahaan in kii soch men gahraaii hai, vahiin Khayaalaat, tasavvuraat aur jazbaat men shiddat hai, nayaapan hai, me’yaarii hai …” – Dr. Radhika Chopra, Ghazal gaayikaa

‘Adhoore Haafize’ Aditya Pant ‘Naaqid’ ka duusaraa kavitaa sangrah hai. Devanagarii aur Urdu lipiyon men prakaashit is sangrah men ‘Naaqid’ ne ek prayog ke taur par 24 bahron (meter) ke 65 alag-alag aahangon mein Ghazalen, Nazmen, Qit’e aur fard kahe hain. In men se kaii aise hain jinkaa prayog urdu shaa’iri men yaa to huaa hii nahiin hai yaa ikka-dukka jagah hii nazar aata hai. Is sangrah men shaamil kavitaaon mein bhaashaa aur vishayon kii vividhataa dikhaaii paRtii hai. Ek or jahaan klasiikii Ghazal ke mazaamiin ki halkii sii jhalak hai, vahiin maujuuda aalamii haalaat par tabsira bhii nazar aata hai. Kahiin insaanii kash-ma-kash ruu-ba-ruu hotii hai, to kahiin vyaktigat jidd-o-jahd ke aasaar dikhte hain.