The Government of India has announced to give Padmashree Award in the field of literature to famous Urdu poet Sheen Kaaf Nizam. The real name of the poet known as Sheen Kaaf Nizam is Shivkishan Bissa, who is a resident of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Bissa Urdu worked in the electricity department. However, he had taken re-examination well in advance. Vissi has good command over Urdu as well as Persian.
No one can tell the famous poet named Sheen Kaaf Nizam that he belongs to a Brahmin family. Sheen has performed Mushaira in many countries of the world. He has done a lot of work on famous Persian poets Mir Taqi Mir and Mirza Ghalib. Since the announcement of Padmashree, poet Sheen's family and city residents are very happy. Earlier, he had been awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in the year 2010 for his poetry collection 'Mashuda Dair Ki Gunjati Ghantiyan'.
Sheen Kaaf Nizam has done a great job in the world of Urdu. Whenever there is talk of Urdu poetry, Sheen is discussed a lot. Famous lyricist and litterateur Gulzar is a very good friend of Sheen Kaf Nizam. Good friendship can be estimated from the fact that whenever Gulzar comes to Jodhpur, Sheen Kaal definitely goes to his house to meet Nizam. Sheen's house is in a narrow street inside Jodhpur city. After the announcement of getting Padma Shri, Nizam says that a man should keep doing his work. One day you will get the reward.
Sheen further says that I am very thankful to all those people who supported me at every step. Urdu and Persian poetry is not the language of any religion. Urdu and Persian are seen to be associated with religion, for which we ourselves and the governments are responsible. Sheen was educated in Sanskrit language. Later he learned Urdu and Persian languages.