Category Archives: urdu

Reshuffling

By nistha | Published: March 3, 2010
All the urdu poetry posts have been moved over to my Moonstruck Blog. Please follow your love for poetry there and if possible, contribute. Thanks.
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Ghalib’s heritage endangered

By nistha | Published: December 30, 2009
Unfortunate is the land that can’t uphold it’s own legacy. To have been blessed with the affections of the peerless Mirza Ghalib is sufficient alone to make Delhi special but Delhi has decided to hand the honor over to the oblivion. In recent news article from TOI, the Delhi govt. or the archaeological department had [...]
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Iqbal Bano

By nistha | Published: April 25, 2009
I came across this news this week and even though I wasn’t explicitly aware that she was living, the news of her death makes one think about the bygone era of tyranny, political upheaval and suppression. She was a legend not only through her artistic talent but also through an insuppressible spirit.
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tasleem

By nistha | Published: December 17, 2008
koi rishta nahi raha fir bhi, ek tasleem laazmi si hai aaj fir aapki kami si hai -Gulzar (Marasim) img courtesy: flickr ’shaam se aankh me’
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I hate red

By nistha | Published: July 11, 2008
Red for fire Ishq par zor nahi, hai ye wo aatish Ghalib ke lagaaye na lage aur bujhaaye na bane Red for passion mae pilaakar aapka kya jaayega, jaayega eemaan jiska jaayega qatl ki jab usne di dhamki mujhe, keh diya maine bhi dekha jaayega Red for hatred Barbadi-e-dil jabr nahi Faiz kisi ka wo dushman-e-jaa’n hai to bhula kyun nahi dete Red for [...]
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