Archive for May, 2007
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Monday, May 7th, 2007As I pore over various news reports about the outpouring of mass support for the suspended Chief Justice of Pakistan Supreme Court, a nagging question tugs at my heart. When is it going to happen? What event, what gathering is going to be the last straw?
As I rejoice at the courage of people ranging from [...]
Technicalities of Ghazal
Thursday, May 3rd, 2007Technicalities of Ghazal
An excellent article by my very dear friend Amit:-
While there are several good articles out on the internet about the technicalities of ghazals and how to ensure that you are writing in meter, I thought I might as well add something myself as despite sending a lot of friends to those links, I [...]
raat eik mehfil meiN, guftgoo namu par thi
Thursday, May 3rd, 2007Azm Behzad sahib ki eik aur la-javaab ghazal:
raat eik mehfil meiN guft_guu namu par thii
har zubaan thii saakit, har nigaah pat’thar thii
ik savaal kii lou se hoNT jhulse jaate the
ik javaab kii ThanDak aah ke baraabar thii
eik be-yageeN lehja khouf se larazta tha
ik Chhupi huii herat, heratoN se baahar thii
voh sukhan zubaN par tha jis [...]
