Dasht-e-tanhaai
dasht-e-tanhaai mein, ai jaan-e-jahaan, larzaan hain teri awaaz ke saaye, tere honthon ke saraab dasht-e-tanhaai mein, duri ke khas-o-khaak tale …
Tag Archives: Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Panah
Panah- shade/protection/shelter This word is used beautifully in a couplet written by poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz. Ankhon ke dariche main …
Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s Imprisonment
Did you know that poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz was charged with complicity in a failed coup attempt known as the …
Hum Dekhenge
The cover story of the current edition of Time Out Magazine, Mumbai is “69 Songs That Changed The World”. Inspired …
Bol ke lab azaad hai tere
From “Poems by Faiz: Translated with an introduction by V.G. Kiernan”, here is a classic Faiz Ahmed Faiz poem: Bol, …
Peek-a-boo! The Progressive Writers’ Movement Part I
People crawled in slowly as we set the stage for our 8th mehfil@prithvi. Our discussion was going to take us …
Intesaab by Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s thought provoking poem titled Intesaab which means a dedication, which was written by Faiz as an active …
Harf
Harf – means a letter or a word of the alphabet. In Hindi Harf is called Akshar haruf-e-tahaji means Alphabet ( In …
An Evening With The Poets
The crowd came trickling in as the sky progressed from a dull grey to an indigo, then pitch black. At …
Raqeeb Se
Raqeeb means a rival in love. Raqeeb Se is a one-of-its-kind poem written by Faiz Ahmed Faiz which is …
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