Category Archives for Sukhan
Urdu for Expression
Dhandhe ki baat
Indian society, of today, is slowly restoring the respect and money deserved by those who serve arts. Arts of any kind, those involving colours, vocal chords, words, body gestures, thoughts and what not. But no society can do without those … Continue reading
Kavi
New poem, just written. And quite satisfying like the last one गुरु बोले – “जा खोज के आ कि फूल है क्या?” इक फूल दिखा, मै मुस्काया। उसके सौरभ को, प्राणों मे भर लाया। मन सुख मे नत हो आया, … Continue reading
Retro Music
Today is my retro music day. Have been listening to some happy retro songs… very innocent and very sweet compared to the modern happy songs…. so here are the two I picked up for posting here: From the movie Howrah … Continue reading
Arpan
I wrote poetry after a long time. And this time, unlike all other times, I am feeling very satisfied with it. I called it अर्पण, a dedication. Here’s the poem: घन उपवन मे थे फूल चार। कुछ संजो लिए, कुछ … Continue reading
Man Shuddha Tujha
Most of what I blog is either surreal or about my interests in Urdu, Hindi, or English literature, music or movies. However, there are two more languages that greatly appeal to me – Sanskrit and Marathi. I will talk about … Continue reading
Ham Ke Thehare Ajnabi …
Faiz Ahmed Faiz, is better known for his revolutionary fervor and socialist ideal. He can almost be considered the strongest amongst the socialistic revolutionary voices of Pakistan. This was not unusual for poets of his time. We had the likes … Continue reading
Ghalib again
Posting Ghalib after quite sometime today. It is a quite well known ghazal, and represents a state of mind which I relate to quite often. Especially after meeting a few people. बाज़ीचा-ए-अतफ़ाल है दुनिया मेरे आगे, होता है शब-ओ-रोज़ तमाशा … Continue reading