Extraordinary poem by the legendary Faiz Ahmed Faiz. Hear him recite it, followed by Noor Jehan sing it here. Chashm-e-nam, jaan-e-shoreeda kafi nahin.. Tohmat-e-ishq-posheeda kafi nahin Aaj bazaar main pa-bajolan chalo.. Dast afshan chalo, mast-o-raqsan chalo.. Khak bar sar chalo, khoon badaman chalo.. Rah takta hai sub shehr-e-janaan chalo.. Aaj bazaar main pa-bajolan chalo.. Hakim-e-shehr […]
Read more "Aaj Bazaar Main…"The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 1,500 times in 2010. That’s about 4 full 747s. In […]
Read more "2010 in review"Yesterday, the forecast said that it will snow and it start early in the morning. As it was a Sunday, people stayed indoors and enjoyed the seasons first true snowfall. I ventured to the Museum of Ar at around 10 am. The walk from the train station to the museum is almost one kilometer, and […]
Read more "First Blizzard in NY"This is one of my all time favourite poems by Janab Saleem Kausar. There was a song in a hindi film which was copied from this poem, but I strongly suggest you complete discard that song from your head when enjoying this wonderful poem because this is on a different plane all together. Main khayal […]
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