Begum Akhtar@Mehfil
Begum Akhtar was a well-known Indian singer of Ghazal and Thumri genres of Hindustani classical music. She is referred to, …
Monthly Archives: November 2014
Azal
Azal means eternity, time immemorial Given below is a couplet by Poet Shahryar which explains this word explicitly. na jiski shakl …
Walking Manto’s Bombay
Indian Quaterly (IQ) magazine has published a very interesting article on short story writer Saadat Hasan Manto’s neighbourhoods in Mumbai. …
Zohra Sehgal On Zohra Sehgal – Follow-up Story
As part of the Prithvi festival we decided to commemorate the doyen of theatre -Zohra Sehgal. Known for her vivacious …
Saraab
Saraab means illusion or a mirage Mir Taqi Mir creates magic yet again with this beautiful ghazal, that introduces us …
Sabr
Sabr means patience Besabr means impatience Given below is a couplet with the word ‘ Sabr’ written by Bahadur Shah Zafar. le …
Aagaaz
Aagaaz means beginning or start. It is written in Urdu as آغاز This word has its roots in Persian Given …
Reminder:The legend of Zohra Sehgal @ Mehfil
The vivacious and dynamic Zohra Sehgal was an Indian actress and choreographer. Sehgal started her career as a dancer in …
Sauda
The greatest Urdu Satirist of Mughal India, Mirza Mohammad Rafi Sauda was born in 1713 AD to Mirza Muḥammad Shafi, an aristocrat …
Who put the -stan in Afghanistan?
According to this article by Matt Soniak, the suffix of -stan to many countries can be attributed to the Proto-Indo-European …
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