Poet Mohd Ali Sahil defies the image of a hard cop

Story by  ATV | Posted by  Aasha Khosa • 2 Years ago
Mohammad Ali Sahil
Mohammad Ali Sahil

 

M Mishra/Lucknow

Mohammad Ali ‘Sahil’ defies the image of a policeman and yet is a dutiful and proud police officer to the core besides being an acclaimed poet and a writer.

Sahil, posted as a secret assistant in the UP Police, is well recognized as a dutiful policeman as well as a person with extraordinary talent. Sahil's nazms and ghazals are popular and he is recipient of several literary awards.

Presently Sahil, who hails from Etawah, is posted in Lucknow as secret assistant in the office of Additional Director General of Police, Women and Child Protection Organization of UP Police. At work he wears a different hat and is a non-no-nonsense professional.

He had joined UP Police in 1989. His work as a police man has earned him the Meritorious Service Award in the year 2005 and the Excellent Service Award in 2020. Sahil is name to reckon with in the world of Urdu literature. He has participated in poetic symposiums in Doha, Qatar and many other global spots.

He is a regular invitee to Mushairas, Kavi Sammelans, and other literary gatherings all over India, to All India Radio, and Doordarshan.

Mohammad Sahil's first Ghazal collection Pehla Kadam has been published in the year 2012 and second Charitra in the year 2014. Both his works have received critical acclaim from poetry lovers and critics as well.

In February 2018, his video ghazal album Teri Surat was launched by the famous music company T-Series on its YouTube channel.

By casting the sentiments of the public in a clean manner, they have brought it to the people and they are playing an important role in connecting the society through literature. Police job and poetry is a journey of two different paths, yet Sahil is doing it very well. He is also a member of the Film Writers' Association and is currently active in the service of the weaker section of the society along with the job.

Mohammad Ali Sahil has received honours and awards from different for a including global ones.The awards received so far include Kavyashree Samman, Yuva Ratna Award, Jashn-e-Ghazal, Awadh Gaurav Samman, Karmayogi Samman, Akbar Allahabadi Award, Kavya Manishi Award, Sahitya Jawahar Samman, Human Award, Yuva Ratna Shikhar Award, Firaq Gorakhpuri Award, etc,.

Besides, her also also the recipient of Swarna Samman, Shan-e-Uttar Pradesh Samman, Rotary World Peace Award, Yashasvi Samman, Samarth Samman, Uttar Pradesh Gaurav Samman.