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Koi veerani si veerani hai

Koi veerani si veerani hai, Dasht ko dekh ke ghar yaad aaya -Ghalib I wondered if any wilderness would be more desolate than this! And then I remembered another of the kind – the home I’d left behind This verse is painted on the entrance of Ghalib’s Haveli at Ballimaran, New Delhi (that I had [...]

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Des me nikla hoga chaand

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chaandi jaisa rang

another sexy ghazal, the concert recordings sound so much more fun. One of the rare classics of Pankaj Udhaas. The video is kind of cute. 0   Liked this article? Follow me on Twitter and Subscribe by Email.

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the concept of ‘Jigar’

For those who are familiar with hindi/urdu songs, ghazals etc are well-versed with the usage of ‘jigar’ in typical love songs. I might be wrong but most of the people mistake it for ‘heart’ and those who know its english translation take it to be an exceptional usage in poetry. “nazar ke saamne, jigar ke [...]

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the concept of ‘Jigar’

For those who are familiar with hindi/urdu songs, ghazals etc are well-versed with the usage of ‘jigar’ in typical love songs. I might be wrong but most of the people mistake it for ‘heart’ and those who know its english translation take it to be an exceptional usage in poetry. “nazar ke saamne, jigar ke [...]

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