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| Humility thy name has been Shamsuddin Shameem who is no more | | |
ML Kak
Jammu, Mar 16: He was a robust male journalist but with a touch of feminity in his approach while dealing with his colleagues, political leaders and bureaucrats. When I talk about feminity I mean humility and nothing beyond that. And if feminity can be a synonym for humility I think Shamsuddin Shameem was an epitome of that.
Well Jammu and Kashmir has lost a number of seasoned journalists during the last over years and Shameem is one among them whose facile pen, dew drop like delicate smile and feather soft sense of humour may be remembered by his colleagues and friends for years to come.
Shameem worked hard, while working with the Radio and Doordarshan, as far as feeding the electronic media with day to day stories, commentative items and news features. At times he would not crush his desire for writing a column or two for local newspapers.
During the last three years he remained perturbed by a prolonged ailment of his wife without knowing that he would leave her behind as a widow. Even being worried over his wife's health problem Shameem neither slowed down his output as a journalist nor did he drop the idea of writing a book on the history of Kashmir journalism with reference to the life and achievements of Kashmiri newsmen and editors.
On a number of occasions he would discuss the contents of the book and sought my help in procuring material on some of the journalists. However, during the last one year we have remained out of touch. During the previous Eid festival he did not respond to my greetings sent on his cell phone. He may have asked some of his friends to acknowledge my Eid greetings without giving any inkling to me about his ill health.
Shameem was a hardworking journalist with a nose for news. Despite being in contact with senior political leaders and bureaucrats I have never seen him seeking personal favours. He was not cast in the mould of a beggar journalist seeking favours from political leaders. Instead he kept his chin high and moved on like the Lake water under clear sky.
His colleagues and all those who knew him would treat him as a noted journalist. And this very gentle and noted journalist passed away in Srinagar on Thursday evening at SKIMS. He was 64. Shameem was ailing for the past some years. Despite curfew, hundreds of people participated in his Nimaz-e-Jinaza which itself indicated how much popular he was.
Shameem had started his career in 1970 as reporter in Daily Aftab edited by Khawaja Sanaullah Bhat and later worked in Chinar edited by Mohammad Amin Pandit.
He authored a book 'Veeraney' and several of his short stories including 'Ungliyan' and 'Begur Bani' were adapted as TV plays. One of his TV serials Mouj (Mother) became popular. Besides, he wrote several plays, nearly 100 features, short stories and articles in Urdu and Kashmiri. He was also associated with a literary journal Ilm-o-Danish edited by an ex-Minister Peer Gayas-ud-Din.
Shameem joined Doordarshan as reporter in 1984 and superannuated in 2006. Shameem penned a short story 'Agagi' revolving around the 2010 summer unrest which received wide appreciation. He was associated with Kashmir Cultural League headed by Mirza Arif Beg and was co-founder of Talash-e-Adab and Kashmir Writers Club.
Shamim is survived by wife, a son and daughter. And Shameem's subtle and soft smile, that his face usually wore, may continue to be missed by his friends. |
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