Iqbal’s ‘Eagle’ & the need for change
28 February 2010
This article has two stages, like a two stage missile propelled in the upper atmosphere; each stage is dependent on the other.
The genius of Iqbal forces me to write again. He was a man ahead of his time; he not only saw the present but foresaw the future and stirred a revolution in the apathetic masses through his words. A very dynamic and potent symbol in his poetry is that of “Shaheen” (Eagle in English) and Allama has several times referred to Muslim youth as “Eagle”. Why did Iqbal choose Eagle? And what has the basic traits of an eagle got to do with our present circumstances?
