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Haseen Shaam Na De
Wrote another gazal in quick succession… seems like I’m getting back to form तबाही की ख़बर अब सर-ए-आम न दे, रोज़-ए-नाकाम को हसीं शाम न दे। मैं जानता हूँ वजह तेरी बेरुख़ी की, अपने फ़ैसलों को मजबूरी का नाम न … Continue reading
Zamaane se bachaai hai
Wrote a gazal after a long while. Hope you like it: मेरी करवटों में बसी जो तबाही है, वही तेरी आँखों में आज छाई है। जो नागँवाराँ है अहल-ए-हुक्म को आज, वही धुन हमने कई बार गाई है। इक उम्र … Continue reading
Hyderabad is a Plastic Jar
Hyderabad is not a city. It’s a plastic jar. With flowers. without the handle. With water. Without the lid. It had not grown out of nature, like a Banyan tree does. It has been planted, like a wheat plant is. … Continue reading
Aao ki khwaab bunein…
Found a gem by Sahir Ludhianvi: आओ कि ख़्वाब बुनें, कल के वास्ते वरना ये रात, आज के संगीन दौर की ड़स लेगी जान-ओ-दिल को कुछ ऐसे कि जान-ओ-दिल ता-उम्र फिर न कोई हसीन ख़्वाब बुन सके [ संगीन दौर … Continue reading
Iqbal Again – Lab Pe Aati Hai Dua
After the previous post, I did substantial research on Iqbal. And read a few of his works available on the net. I am surely going to buy a book now. But here’s one more great nazm by him: लब पे … Continue reading
Iqbal
I never really got into reading much of Allama Iqbal. I knew that he’s the one who gave us the legendary “Saare jahaan se accha” and “ab tak magar hai baki naam-o-nishaan hamara“. My blog will tell you that I … Continue reading
Experiments, with Truth
In the town, where i was born, lived a man, who sailed to sea… and he told us of his life, in the land of submarines… No, this has nothing to do with The Beatles. I was born in Sewagram. … Continue reading