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A Unique form of calligraphic art<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samrup_Rachna</ref> created by a Pakistani artist Dr. Syed Mohammed Anwer<ref>https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/collex/exhibits/world-south-asian-scripts/cosmopolitanism-and-national-identities/</ref> <ref>https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/pak-lawyer-fuses-urdu-hindi-in-calligraphy/story-JEqyjjMnQGEQN0OELWW7VL.html</ref> to promote peace in the South-Asian region called Samrup Rachna. It is the first of its kind in which two scripts of the same language i.e. Hindi-Urdu are used in unison with each other<ref>http://www.urduvoa.com/media/video/pakistan-syed-muhammad-anwar-interview/3209129.html</ref>.
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Samrup Rachna meaning congruent or similar designs sets an unconventional and unique precedent in this art form. It is done in such a way that a picture of the meaning of the written word is formed<ref>https://tribune.com.pk/story/1039277/language-has-no-religion-pakistani-lawyer-fuses-urdu-hindi-in-calligraphy</ref>. The images on the canvas take form through language yet they are accorded meaning by deep rooted cultural and social traditions. Hindi and Urdu is one language when spoken but written in two different scripts, making it the only major language of the world with this characteristic. The purpose of this calligraphic art work is to promote peace and harmony in the region by highlighting this aspect of our shared language which is one of the major common denominator between India and Pakistan.
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[[File:01-title.jpg|thumbnail|Samrup Rachna Calligraphy . Murti Written in Nastaliq and devanagri]]
 
'''Samrup Rachna''' is a 60-work calligraphic art collection of a''pni boli'', a fusion of Hindi-Urdu, created by [[Pakistani]] Syed Mohammed Anwer.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Cosmopolitanism and National Identities - The World of South Asian Scripts - The University of Chicago Library |url=https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/collex/exhibits/world-south-asian-scripts/cosmopolitanism-and-national-identities/ |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=www.lib.uchicago.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-02-01 |title=Pak lawyer fuses Urdu, Hindi in calligraphy |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/pak-lawyer-fuses-urdu-hindi-in-calligraphy/story-JEqyjjMnQGEQN0OELWW7VL.html |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>
 
The name comes from the [[Sanskrit]] words ''Samrup'' (सामरुप) (سامروپ), meaning "congruence" or similar, and ''Rachna'' (रचना) (رچنا) meaning "creative work or design".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.urduvoa.com/media/video/pakistan-syed-muhammad-anwar-interview/3209129.html|title=زبان قربتوں کا ذریعہ نا کہ دوریوں کا|publisher=}}</ref> In linguistics, languages which are written in two different scripts are called [[Digraphia#Synchronic digraphia|Synchronic digraphia]]. Hindustani is one such language.<ref>Cheung, Yat-Shing (1992). "The form and meaning of digraphia: the case of Chinese". In K. Bolton and H. Kwok. Sociolinguistics Today: International Perspectives. London: Routledge.</ref>
 
The calligraphy uses two altogether different scripts of [[Devanagari]] and [[Nastaʿlīq script|Nastaʿlīq]] in unison or Hindi-Urdu which Anwer calls ''apni boli''. Anwer had learned the Devanagari script from his mother who had told him that only the scripts of Hindi and Urdu were different, but the language was the same.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2016-02-03 |title='Language has no religion': Pakistani lawyer fuses Urdu, Hindi in calligraphy |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1039277/language-has-no-religion-pakistani-lawyer-fuses-urdu-hindi-in-calligraphy |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}</ref> He states that the idea of fusing the two scripts came to him one day as he was doodling in his office, which then emerged as patterns and eventually he started painting them.<ref name=":1" />
 
The calligraphy forms a picture of the word when written.<ref name=":0" /> For example, the Hindustani word ''surahi'' (meaning "ewer" or "[[Pitcher (container)|pitcher]]" in English) is written in ''apni boli'' calligraphy in a way that a picture of an ewer is also formed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iiWNZesWwg|title=Syed Mohammad Anwar – Calligraphy Artist|last=Urdu VOA|date=13 April 2012|publisher=|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://pakobserver.net/2016/03/16/a-book-of-unique-calligraphy/ |title=A book of unique calligraphy &#124; Pakistan Observer |accessdate=2016-03-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321013413/http://pakobserver.net/2016/03/16/a-book-of-unique-calligraphy/ |archivedate=2016-03-21 }}</ref>
 
The purpose of the artwork is to illustrate that language does not have a religion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Unique linguistic art book launched |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/100207-Unique-linguistic-art-book-launched |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=www.thenews.com.pk |language=en}}</ref>
 
The 60 work collection was launched as a book in 2016 called ''Samrup Rachna – Calligraphic Expression of Apni Boli [Hindi-Urdu]'' at the Pakistan Mother Languages Literature Festival at the National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/E-Paper/Lahore/2016-02-21/page-13/detail-11 |title=Mother languages literature fair begins amid festivity |accessdate=2016-02-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302020145/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/E-Paper/Lahore/2016-02-21/page-13/detail-11 |archivedate=2016-03-02 }}</ref>
 
[[File:Diwali ( Samrup Rachna Calligraphy).jpg|thumb|Diwali ( Samrup Rachna Calligraphy)]]
 
[[File:Artist Dr Syed Mohammed Anwer.jpg|thumb|Dr Syed Mohammed Anwer Creator of Samrup Rachna Art, an Artist, Jurist , Human Rights and Peace Activist]]
 
==Samrup Rachna exhibitions==
 
'''1.The Launch of Samrup Rachna Calligraphic Expressions 2012'''
 
The first Inaugural Exhibition of Samrup Rachna – Art for Peace held in Islamabad from 2-4 April, 2012. The artist Syed Mohammed Anwer while talking with international media Voice of America - VOA.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iiWNZesWwg | title=Syed Mohammad Anwar - Calligraphy Artist | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>
 
[[File:Visitors at Samrup Rachna Inaugural Exhibition.jpg|thumb|Visitors at Samrup Rachna Inaugural Exhibition, Islamabad Pakistan]]
 
'''2. Kuch Khaas The Centre for Arts, Culture & Dialogue, Islamabad 2012'''
 
A session was organized with the Artist of Samrup Rachna Calligraphy Syed Mohammed Anwer at Kuch Khaas Center of Arts & Culture, Islamabad on 27th April, 2012.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5VCE36S5SM&t=120s | title=Kuch Khaas: Calligraphic Expression of Apni-Boli by Dr. Syed Mohammed Anwer | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>
 
[[File:Dr Syed Mohammed Anwer giving presentation on Samrup Rachna at Kuch Khas Art Gallery, Islamabad.jpg|thumb|Dr Syed Mohammed Anwer giving presentation on Samrup Rachna at Kuch Khas Art Gallery, Islamabad]]
 
'''3. Samrup Rachna – Apni Boli Book Launch at Cultural Festival on World Local Languages day, 2016'''
 
The Book on Samrup Rachna calligraphic work was launched<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otlswWh7EJI | title=Dr.Syed Mohammed Anwer speaking on diversity of Languages at World Local Languages Day | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref> on World Local languages Day, 2016 at a Cultural Festival held at Lok Virsa Islamabad. Speaking at the occasion Anwer shared his journey of creating this unique Art work. International Media VOA.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8hiG6anQOs | title=SAMRUP RACHNA VOA , Art for Peace by Dr.Syed Muhammad Anwer | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>
 
'''6. South Asian Scripts, Chicago University USA, 2018'''
 
The art work of Syed Mohammed Anwer was displayed in an exhibition the world of South Asian Scripts titled “ Cosmopolitanism and National Identities” held in University of Chicago from 5 September 2018 to 14 December 2018.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/collex/exhibits/world-south-asian-scripts/cosmopolitanism-and-national-identities/ | title=Cosmopolitanism and National Identities - the World of South Asian Scripts - the University of Chicago Library }}</ref>
 
[[File:Samrup Rachna Exhibition , RedHouse New Delhi, India.jpg|thumb|Samrup Rachna Exhibition , RedHouse New Delhi, India]]
 
<gallery class="center" widths="180px" heights="200px" >
File:Juta ( shoe) is written in Samrup Rachna calligraphy by Dr. Syed Mohammed Anwer..JPG|"Juta" ( shoe) written in Samrup Rachna calligraphy
File:Buddha is written in Samrup Rachna calligraphy by Dr Syed Mohammed Anwer.jpg|"Buddha" written in Samrup Rachna calligraphy
File:Samrup.jpg|"Fatwa" written in Samrup Rachna Calligraphy
File:Surahi in samrup rachna calligraphy.jpg|"Surahi" in samrup rachna calligraphy
</gallery>
 
==References==
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[[Category:Calligraphy]]
[[Category:South Asia]]
 


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