A couplet
Through our meanderings, we came across this beautiful couplet Agar palak pay hai moti to yeh nahin kaafi, Hunar bhi …
Monthly Archives: June 2013
Woh Kamra Yaad Aata Hai- Javed Akhtar
In a book called Tarkash (quiver full of arrows) which is a collection of poems written by renowned poet Javed …
Benazir
Benazir- Incomparable, Unique In Urdu ‘be’ means not or without and ‘nazir’ means example. So the whole word means ‘no …
Tahayya
Tahayya means determination Ghalib, hamein na chhed ke phir josh-e-ashq se, Baithe hain hum tahayya-e-toofaan kiye hue. ग़ालिब हमें न …
Iztirab | Ishtiyaq
Iztirab – anxiety, uneasiness Ishtiyaq – wish, liking, fondness These two lafz have been woven together beautifully by Maulana Hasrat …
The Myth Of The Lone Ranger- Manto
In an amazing article in Caravan, Saadat Hasan Manto’s life is encapsulated. Given below is the link to the article. …
Manto’s Mammad Bhai
Prolific Urdu short story writer, Saadat Hasan Manto wrote several stories that unbridle the underbelly of Mumbai. One such story …
