I have a close association with fiction reading. The autobiographical novel, Mera Daghistan, was in my bag. This novel was drawing my mind to read. I had been planning to read this novel for some time, but I couldn't. It took me a week to finish this novel, which consists of about 300 pages. The novelist has exerted his influence on philosophical aspects.
During winter vacation, I have traveled approximately 5 thousand km from Gulbarga to Patna, Patna to Delhi, and Delhi to Kalaburagi. I have been invited by Sahity Akademi to attend the Urdu Young Writer Conference and present my short story in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, but I am unable to attend the function due to the examination process at my university. So I had time to read.
During the long journey, I have studied the novel Mera Daghistan. I found it to be a book that inspired me in many ways. As I have said, I have a close association with fiction, so I have gained uniqueness in storytelling. The philosophical aspects of the novel are very impressive. No doubt, every area and every country has its own history and unique tradition of wearing dresses and delicious dishes. Cada, an area of Daghistan, has its own traditional uniqueness. During reading, I found something nice about the hilly areas of Daghistan, but this aspect of the novel is not all new. I have read the Urdu writer Hayatullah Ansari's novel “Madar”. He also highlighted aspects of the hill area in his novel and the importance of Mother Toung, like Rasool Hamza Tauf. In Mera Daghistan, novelist has emphasized on best way to tell a story is through the mother tongue. Both novels are similar in highlighting the mother tongue's importance.
There are many attractions for storytellers. I will try to analyze some points that are fundamental rules about narration. In 1893, Maulan Altaf Hussain Hali wrote a book named “Muqaddima-e-sher –o- Shairi. This book consists of 300 pages. Molvi Abdul Haq, Baba-e-Urdu, said that the Muqaddima was the first manifesto of Urdu criticism because it is the first complete book in Urdu criticism. Indeed, Tajkara, brief information about poets and their poetry, is the first step toward Urdu criticism. Many poets wrote Tajzakah, but Hali has written the first criticism book in Urdu.
There are two kinds of criticism. The first is a theoretical criticism, and the second is an analytical/practical criticism. Theory is related to rules, and the second belongs to analyses. “Muqaddima” is the first book based on poetry theory in Urdu. Mr. Hali has decided lean toward eastern critical theories, so he has gotten many thoughts from Arabic, Persian, and Sanskrit. He has discussed fundamental Urdu poetry rules. Similar to Hali, the author of “Mera Daghistan” discussed the basic rules of literature. This book is not a critical book. He basically wrote an autobiography or autobiographical novel. In his fantastic narration, he collected some unique aspects of his area or city, an attractive point of life, and some specific rules of good writing skills. It would be better to say that the author of this book has analyzed life theory as well as literary theory.
The author, Rasul Hamza Tauf, was born in Cada village of Daghistan, Soviet Union, on September 8, 1932. He worked as a teacher, assistant director in theater, journalist, and radio anchor. He was hounded with lots of awards, like the State Stalin Prize, the Lenin Prize, etc. He fed out in Moscow, Russia, on November 3, 2003.
He was basically a poet. He wrote in this book that he received a letter from a magazine editor. The editor reduced him to write an article on Daghistan culture and its hill area. Rasul thought that all aspects of Daghistan would not be collected in some pages, but he started to write a book about Daghistan, and he claimed that it was not a book, just a synopsis of what would be written by him about Dgistan. In a broad way, he highlighted four points in this book: (1) Nationalism, or love for native places. (2) Fantastic and philosophical advice to all writers. (3) Reflection of traveling writing. (4) Comparison of Daghistan to other cities and areas.
The simplicity of Daghistan was painted in this book. There are many aspects of patriotism. Rasul visited many countries and compared his districts to Nepal, India, and Moscow. He narrated all the stories in four ways. Firstly, he wrote about the area's history and culture. Secondly, the author wrote that my father used to say so and so about life and its aspects. Thirdly, Rasul said that Abul Talib narrated to me some stories that he was writing. Fourthly, something from the author's dairy. There are four ways of narration in this book. Referring to his diary and his father, he advised writers about Mother Tong, literary language and styles, and to go on with a new way of telling the story. If Rasul had written only about Daghistan’s history and culture, the book would not have been attractive and useful. He is a perceiver, historian, philosopher, and rule-maker for literature. All these aspects of the book are mounting the interest of different kinds of readers.
This book crept into my heart. I take the author for a philosopher. If I had studied this book, my novel “Lafzon ka Lahoo” would have been much better because the narration points are appropriate for long fiction in “Mera Daghistan”. Here, I have the right to say that “Mera Daghistan” is a “Muqaddima-e- Takhaiyul aur Takhliq”, because, like Hali, Rasul Hamaza highlighted the literary imagination and creative skills. Muqaddima is such a book to understand poetry theory, and “Mera Daghistan” has many aspects of life and literature. Abrim Adil Shah, king of the Aadil shah 1490-1686, may also be discussed and his book “Noras” in which the musical theories ware highlighted.

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