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Living through the carnage of the 1857 Revolt, Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib’s was most pained at the ruin of his beloved city, Delhi. Interestingly, we find that while in his ‘official and published’ diary, ‘Dastanbuy’, he writes in support of the British (his then patrons), some personal letters…
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Mirza Ghalib is a household name in the Indian subcontinent—a figure who is synonymous with Persian and Urdu poetry. The timeless nature of his verses and the universality of his themes have resulted in his works transcending borders and languages. Thanks to translations of Ghalib's ghazals to…
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A literary memoir on the raptures of discovering Urdu literature, this lyrical essay is the Pakistani-born, London-based writer’s eloquent and poignant testament of the mysterious and plural ways in which reading shapes one’s creative writing. The essay mentions the range of narrative techniques…
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har ek baat pe kahate ho tum ki tu kya hai
tumhin kaho ke ye andaaz-e-guftugu kya hai
na shole men ye karishma na barq men ye ada
koi batao ki vo shokh-e-tund-khu kya hai
ye rashk hai ki vo hota hai ham-sukhan tum se
vagarna khauf-e-bad-amozi-e-adu kya hai
chipak raha hai badan par lahu…
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ye naa thi hamaari qismat ke visaal-e-yaar hota
agar aur jiite rahte, yahi intazaar hota
tere vaade par jiye hum to ye jaan jhuuth jaana
ki khushi se mar na jaate, agar e’tibaar hota
teri naazuki se jaana ke bandha tha ahd boda
kabhii tu na tod sakta, agar ustuvar hota
koi mere dil se puchhe…
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