Hindustan Times
Poetry app launched by Indian-origin poet
Nov 21, 2011 02:04 PM IST
Seeking to capitalise on the increasing fascination for smartphones, a young Sharjah-based Indian poet has come up with a mobile application containing poems from his collection and detailing his work.
Seeking to capitalise on the increasing fascination for smartphones, a young Sharjah-based Indian poet has come up with a mobile application containing poems from his collection and detailing his work. Mystic writer Mujeeb Jaihoon’s mobile application, iJaihoon, dubbed as the ‘App for the eye within,’ was launched at the Sharjah International Book Fair 2011 by American poet and songwriter Michael Rothenberg.
He expressed hope that such endeavours will pave the way for other writers to explore the paradigm shift in the habits of book lovers. Jaihoon has released six books so far, most of them an anthology of his poems and two travelogues. Early last year, he published a Twitter-based travelogue, titled ‘Mission Nizamuddin,’ in which he travelled across Delhi, Punjab, UP and Rajasthan.
Currently available on Android phones, iJaihoon will be accessible on Apple-based gadgets shortly.
Mujeeb Jaihoon’s mobile application, iJaihoon, was launched at the Sharjah International Book Fair 2011
Deccan Herald
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Mystic writer Mujeeb Jaihoon’s mobile application, iJaihoon, dubbed as the ‘App for the eye within,’ was launched at the Sharjah International Book Fair 2011 by American poet and songwriter Michael Rothenberg.
He expressed hope that such endeavours will pave the way for other writers to explore the paradigm shift in the habits of book lovers.
Jaihoon has released six books so far, most of them an anthology of his poems and two travelogues. Earlier he published a Twitter-based travelogue, titled ‘Mission Nizamuddin,’ in which he travelled across Delhi, Punjab, UP and Rajasthan. Currently available on Android phones, iJaihoon will be accessible on Apple-based gadgets shortly.
Khaleej Times
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SHARJAH — Mujeeb Jaihoon, a young Sharjah-based Indian poet, has come up with a mobile application (app) aiming to capitalise on the increasing passion of smartphones.
Published: Mon 21 Nov 2011, 12:04 AM. Last updated: Tue 7 Apr 2015, 10:38 AM
The app, which is freely downloadable, contains selected poems from his collection along with details of his published books and literary events.
It was launched at the Sharjah International Book Fair 2011 held at Sharjah Expo Centre by Michael Rothenberg, renowned American poet and songwriter. Dubbed as ‘app for the eye within’, iJaihoon is the first of its kind from an Indian poet to enter the world of smartphones and tablets.
“The Sharjah International Book Fair, being the literary powerhouse of the region, is the most suitable venue to unveil the launch of my poetic app,” said Jaihoon, whose literary career has seen six books so far, most of them being an anthology of his poems and two travelogues. Jaihoon, known for his tech-savy innovations, early last year, he published Mission Nizamuddin, world’s first Twitter-based travelogue.
Launching the literary app, Rothenberg expressed hope that endeavours such as iJaihoon will pave the way for other writers to explore and exploit the paradigm shift in the habits of book lovers. The Florida-based literary activist is also the editor and publisher of the online literary magazine Big Bridge, www.bigbridge.org. Currently, iJaihoon is available for Android phones and will shortly be available for Apple-based gadgets. — afkarali@khaleejtimes.com
