tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22156951523557449872024-02-29T08:13:59.896-08:00Ghazala's MeanderingsThis blog is an interstice for me.A space. A niche sacred to me.It's a place I get back to whenever I feel the need to connect with the self.ghazalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01208961084697490235noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215695152355744987.post-35790458015641153092018-11-16T19:57:00.002-08:002018-11-16T19:58:07.990-08:00Soundscapes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The Lantana<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The
train was rather congested and smelled of rust and sweat. It was one of the
hottest days of the month when the birds were soundless with open beaks, the
tree tops dusty and brown, the roads and lips parched and cracked. Sujata and I
sat side by side, our lips moisturized and our bottles full of water. “I had no
idea we would not be served anything on this train!” “Don’t worry; I have
packed some paratha and tikki.” She was always prepared unlike me who woke up
to realities a little after they struck me. Though I did carry sandwiches but
not because I knew we would not get anything on the train but because munching
was the best to kill time while travelling. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Janshatabdi
was pregnant with people and baggage. Indians travel with every weight
possible. A colourful array of bags over our heads and equally vibrant display
of colours on human forms soon blurred when the train started and people dozed
into their monochromatic dream world. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I
am awake. The dull sound of the engine doesn’t lull my senses. Outside the
window the world turns green and gold, the azure blue with scattered wisps of
white. “No scarecrows anymore- isn’t it Sujata? The birds have vanished and the
scarecrows have been out of jobs for long. Poor chaps!” She laughs and says- “The
orchards , not sugarcane attract the winged variety” True. Then we sight the
most vibrant weed lined along long stretches of fields. “That’s Lantana,”she
tells me. “Lantana Camara an exotic weed originally from Sri lanka has taken
over the terrains of the Indian soil by a storm. It was introduced in this
country in the nineteenth century as an ornamental hedge. It has the capacity
to regenerate itself quickly even after burning r cutting it”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Now
I have vivid memories of this weed as a hedge in almost every other house in
Aligarh. The smell still lingers in my senses. The leaves are dry and spiky and
often pierce your fingers with the tiny slivers that are invisible to the eye
but make their presence obvious by evoking a deep sting when you rub your
fingers gently. “I matter!” The weed seems to make a point. The surface is
slightly velvety but sans the softness of velvet. Can the softness be separated
from texture? Isn’t softness the characteristic of its texture? The leaf of
lantana says this loud and clear. You can sense dryness even in softness. It is
not always moist. Human nature is just the same- as the leaf of this weed .It
can be dry in its softness and soft in its dryness. That’s the beauty of
multi-dimensions of human nature. But not many people understand all the dimensions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Coming
back to Lantana- A process of delantana has started in India to help soil
absorb more nutrients as this weed sucks in more than what is meant for it
thereby depriving other plants of their share of the basic elements of
survival. You cut it off it pops up again. That’s how it has spread itself
within. What a world of sizzling simmering thriving life exists under the earth
we walk on! Chop off the head but what about the roots! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The
sun is at an angle now and we are inching towards Dehradun. The jungles are
thick and green. The train is one and a half hour late. The shadows stretch
diagonally on the earth. The thickness of the jungle absorbs many shadows. At
this moment the shadows seem to be more alive than the forms that hold them .
No mortal effort can wipe off the depth of existence that lies beyond the
surface of the soil. The jungles silently spell it out . What is without is
within-richer, , more satiated, in control of nature.The roots of the trees
connect with boundless bonhomie the invisible bonds underground.Above the soil
they sway in gay abundance and play Chinese - whispers. It’s just we who keep moisturizing our lips with gloss
and glycerine. We can never be familiar with the <i>dastoor</i> of the jungles. <i>Suna
jhai jungalon ka bhi koi dsatoor hota hai</i>..resonates on YouTube over my
phone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The
smell of lantana was thick and pungent. It wafted in through the sealed windows
of the train. The Ac was cooling well despite a hundred warm blooded bodies . I
peered over my finger as I rubbed it feeling the invisible sting. My hair was cropped
in a neat cut across my forehead, with two untidy pig-tails, and I the pink lace
frock that I got as a gift for my sixth birthday was a day old. “I’ll put some antiseptic
over it! Don’t fuss!” I heard Amma say affectiontely. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The
shadow of my memories stretched out like fresh laundry over the bush of lantana
before my eyes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I
rubbed my index finger gently. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">-Ghazala
1.30 pm. 18/6/17<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ghazalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01208961084697490235noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215695152355744987.post-47745328342125282392017-06-07T06:11:00.001-07:002017-06-07T06:11:13.308-07:00I am home<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I am
home <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">She never left <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Not for a day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Not when she was in
those faraway lands<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">She never left <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When the birds returned with myriad downs <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And roses and honey and the china silks<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">She walked away<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">From the shocking shades of the sunset<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Her sun was crimson<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And fire, her moon <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">She walked away <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Somewhere<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Where the distance of a whisper did not matter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Where the fragrance from the oven would waft in<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Never to surprise her<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Because she was there they said<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You are here<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Her eyes would look at a mirage<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">She would see herself in her lands<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Among her abstractions<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Beading a string of her moments<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Her passions<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Her escapes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Her spaces<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Now the string in her hands <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> And steps ahead<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Loosening the memories<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">That lie embedded in the stones<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Scattering them<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Each drop echoes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A story in her heart<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Of familiar lands<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">one bead on every step<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">till the last one leaves the threads<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">All stories merge into the dipping sun<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">No vestiges no traces<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Just an empty cup <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On the black table, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">a toast pops up<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Slightly burnt at the edges<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I am home <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
Ghazal…5.6.17 over a cup of tea<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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ghazalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01208961084697490235noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215695152355744987.post-6775565434200209432017-05-27T22:34:00.003-07:002017-05-27T22:34:29.422-07:00Poems of Shamim Hanfi <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
https://soundcloud.com/ghazala-shamim-siddiqi/ghazals-of-shamim-hanfi</div>
ghazalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01208961084697490235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215695152355744987.post-49628547109510162902017-05-27T22:27:00.001-07:002017-05-27T23:17:25.223-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In
the dark times will there also be singing?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Yes
there will also be singing.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">About
the dark times.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">-Bertolt
Brecht<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And this is what we
witnessed in the three- day Poetry Festival from 7 to 9 April, 2017 at Triveni
kala Sangam. Expressions of dissent, acknowledgement, bonhomie, emotions in all
forms-raw, naked, subtle and razor sharp.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Here was a microcosm of
The India that every true Indian heart yearns for. The three- day celebration –Vak:
The Raza Biennale of Indian Poetry 2017, organized by Raza Foundation was a
respite from all the mayhem that one has been reading, witnessing morass and
hearing on TV channels, in the newspapers and at every drawing room conversation.
The festival was a realization that not all is lost. Some sense of morality,
freedom and conscience does exist even today amid this morass. Eminent and
budding poets from all over the country came together under the banner of Raza
Foundation to share their expressions and voice their opinions. What was indeed
noteworthy was that the gathering in that auditorium comprised poets from
different parts of the country and not once did anyone feel a sense of isolation,
alienation or marginalization in any way. It was heartening to listen to the
voices from different cultures and regions as a collective whole. A number of
myths were shattered. A number of myths were reborn in refreshing avatars. There
were poets belonging to different religions who presented poems in languages we
don’t generally associate them with. <span style="background: white;">Rajathi Salma the celebrated Tamil writer, whose debut
novel <i>The Hours Past Midnight</i> has
been listed for the Man Asian Booker Prize </span>presented her poetry in Tamil
Language.<span style="background: white;"> Hers is one of the first novels by a
Tamil Muslim woman.</span> Abhishek Shukla was one of the several esteemed
poets who presented his poems in Urdu. A number of panel discussions took place
ranging from Poetry as Memory, Poetry Freedom and Poetry as Conscience . It was
overwhelming to hear the voices of dissent, of anger, of disturbances, of conflict
and collective resonance in these times. However there were a few voices that
echoed the sentiments contrary to what the popular voices in the panel
discussions spoke about. A noted sociologist said-Poetry should only be read
for the sake of entertainment.It is not capable of arousing a sense of morality.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The translations of
poems helped in understanding the nuances and subtleties of other native languages
along with the rhythmic charm of listening to the intonations and music of the
native languages themselves. I am thankful to VAK for giving me the opportunity
to present the translations of the ghazals of Shamim Hanfi. I shall always cherish the memories of
meeting such poets like Sachidananda, Manglesh Dabral, Keki Daruwala , Salma
and many more who made the three days truly memorable. I am sure the voices
will reach out far and wide and bring about a definite positive change in
society one day. A day will come when we shall transcend all barriers of religion,
Languages, cultures, popular myths that tie us and cripple us at times,
prejudices and be born again with a sense of a collective conscience that we
belong to one country yet we have our individual differences we are so proud
of-our individuality. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Admission
into time and space of a poetic sensibility requires a belief in one’s sense of
judgment creating an awareness of the self. These reawakening and stirring of
the soul lead us to believe that we are
so incomplete. Yet, far from indicating that we flawed, they fill us with
desire, ignite our emotions, fuel our passions, and catapult us out into a new
world where journeys are begun, connections are made, and our divine sense of incompleteness persists.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is events like these that can
help in writing a better history of our times. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Love is all there is, three cheers to VAK!<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ghazalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01208961084697490235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215695152355744987.post-55743968425531582492016-02-22T21:26:00.001-08:002016-02-22T21:26:30.347-08:00Red Shadow<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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If I had acolourful shadow<br />
I would wear<br />
the darkest cloak<br />
just to see<br />
how much colour I could bleed<br />
through the thickness of the night.<br />
That lay in saturation within the folds of my destiny<br />
<br />
The earth<br />
would suck the colours<br />
and give them away<br />
to the maple trees<br />
All lined up along the trench<br />
And from my piece of earth<br />
I would watch the black leaves,<br />
The black trunk<br />
And the black sun.<br />
Sprinkling a plethora of myriad colours all around<br />
Blue,<br />
Red,<br />
White and gold<br />
<br />
<br />
The only thing alive<br />
Would be the dust<br />
In hands all grey and charred<br />
From cooking up stories in black and white<br />
<br />
Each crack would fill up with golden dust<br />
‘kintsugi heals’,I heard them say<br />
and wisdom comes when maples bleed<br />
<br />
unfolding mysteries in my fist<br />
I’ll show you love<br />
in a handful of life<br />
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-Ghazal 28.8.2015<br /><br />
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ghazalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01208961084697490235noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215695152355744987.post-29051161002540977052016-02-22T21:23:00.001-08:002017-05-27T23:20:43.235-07:00A tribute to Intezar Husain<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="_5yi-" style="font-weight: bold;">Dedicated to Intezar Husain-The legend who lives on in our hearts forever.</span></div>
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You promised you would visit my home<br />
For last time was too busy<br />
And we couldn’t go to the bird sanctuary<br />
Or the by lanes of old Delhi<br />
Or meet Bittu who has an eatery just round the corner<br />
You promised you would come...</div>
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I remember a long time ago<br />
A marigold in your hand<br />
You found amid the trimmed hedges at my place<br />
How tenderly you had picked it up and cupped it in your hands.<br />
The sun had so subtly borrowed some yellows <br />
from the sunshine in your palms<br />
And as you walked ahead<br />
With me , a little girl , trying to match your steps<br />
My tiny steps<br />
Struggling to keep pace with you and Papa<br />
You stopped and smiled and matched your pace with mine </div>
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And at the Okhla Barage<br />
Under the big banyan tree <br />
As you paused to take a look around<br />
The monkey with the long tail<br />
Cautiously climbed down<br />
And snatched the flower from your hand<br />
How you smiled!<br />
The notes of the orchestra coudnt be sweeter.</div>
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<span class="_5yi_" style="font-style: italic;">“Kahaniyon ki</span> <span class="_5yi_" style="font-style: italic;">jade bohot gehri hoti hain lekin nazmein</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">...nazmein to awaara hoti hain..’’</span><br />
<br />
Your words still ring in my ears<br />
And today<br />
As I watch the sunset<br />
The yellows are a shade quieter<br />
A story in my heart<br />
will live on forever in quietude </div>
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The paper is wet<br />
The ink-<br />
Invisible</div>
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(Rest in peace Intezar Husain)</div>
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-Ghazal</div>
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ghazalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01208961084697490235noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215695152355744987.post-84385929278163641642016-02-22T21:07:00.000-08:002016-02-22T21:07:15.415-08:00Wear Walls<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Wear Walls<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Let us all wear walls</div>
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For the lamp on the shelf</div>
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Is scared of the breeze</div>
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The breeze that blows </div>
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Will extinguish it</div>
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Only the wick will remain</div>
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Carrying remnants of fire that once danced on its apex</div>
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Now let us all wear walls</div>
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Remove every single
clothing that sticks to your silhouette</div>
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Against the setting sun</div>
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You are too conspicuous</div>
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Your voice too loud</div>
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Let the plaster consume the brittle pieces of your thoughts</div>
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As you spit them out</div>
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Wear walls</div>
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You will be safe</div>
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Let them design walls</div>
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Cheap </div>
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Economical</div>
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Strong</div>
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In every shade </div>
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But monotextured</div>
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So that every voice is a single voice</div>
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A single voice </div>
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A recurrent rondo</div>
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<br /></div>
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Wear walls</div>
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…..Ghazal ( 23.2.16..10:20AM)</div>
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ghazalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01208961084697490235noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215695152355744987.post-78733962566803283982016-02-18T06:37:00.001-08:002016-02-18T06:37:31.049-08:00Zoom in<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">Far far away<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">From the mainstream life <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">On a mountain rugged and raw<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">Lives a monk<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">A crimson speck on the horizon yonder<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">My eyes behold<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">His cloak <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";"> as
purple as the misty brush <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">Of Claude Monet<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">Over the purple landscape of the soul<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">As I inch closer<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">The pall rises<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">The monk is a tree<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">The tree is oak , a hundred years old<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">Each line on the bark <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">As deep as the sigh<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">Of Godess Inanna on Ebih<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">That fills the hollows in the universe<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">Closer ahead
<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">Under the tree<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">Sits
the wise one <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">With wisdom of the sages<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">Sanctifying all crevices <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">He speaks and the winds pause to listen<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">A million stars break into dust <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">And sprinkle far and wide<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">Unto the smoky void<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">As I zoom my lens<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">On a
canvas wide<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">I see a painting live<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">Embossing a Van Gogh stroke<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">Of a
starry night in daylight<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">The Wise one <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">Under the crimson tree<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">Amid
bells and beams of light<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">Amid bells and beams of life<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">Somewhere up in heaven<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">The Maker smiles <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "kristen itc";">And puts his palette away<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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ghazalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01208961084697490235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215695152355744987.post-20391964753550399362015-12-14T07:54:00.000-08:002015-12-14T07:55:59.091-08:00Selfie<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Puts
you in a spot<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Then
pulls you in a vacuum<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">You
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">With
a tilt of your head<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Till
the eye of the cam<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Glares
at you with all it’s might<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Squeezing
the life out of you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Freezing
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all this while<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">All
this while a wanderer passing by<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Looks
at you in wonder<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">His
hands holing a rose<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Close
in more carefully around the stem<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Till
a maiden adorns them in her hair<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">A
hurt pigeon breathes its last<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">A
shooting star crumbles into dust<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">A
flower blooms<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">An
orchard resonates <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">With
the humming of honeybees<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">A
tree drops a leaf<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Gently
, silently, in a whisper<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Like
a prayer from the lips of that old old monk<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Who
lives on that hill yonder<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The
sun melts the sky in all shades of fire<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">And
the eye holds you captive<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">A
plastic form<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">A
cold piece of flesh<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Frozen
veins<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Approbation
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Thunderous
applause<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Of
the click<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">And
the shutter closes on you <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Shutting
you in a catacomb<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Till
you exhale and live <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ghazalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01208961084697490235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215695152355744987.post-40849757223291923582015-11-18T06:19:00.001-08:002015-11-18T06:19:43.870-08:00I do<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span data-offset-key="dreg6-0-0"> The Universe asked me..</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="4u17h-0-0">‘I do wonder, Ghazala, how some people, who upon seeing gorgeous, billowing cumulus clouds floating effortlessly overhead, don't just want to explode with joy.
</span></div>
<div class="_2cuy _3dgx _209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="cmiov-0-0" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141823; direction: ltr; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px auto 28px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 700px; word-wrap: break-word;">
<span data-offset-key="cmiov-0-0">Or who, upon seeing a mighty old oak tree, don't run right up to it wildly screaming, "I love you!"
</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="ep3qp-0-0">Or who, upon being caught in the rain, don't blush as each drop gently kisses their skin.
</span></div>
<div class="_2cuy _3dgx _209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="fensi-0-0" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141823; direction: ltr; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px auto 28px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 700px; word-wrap: break-word;">
<span data-offset-key="fensi-0-0">Or who, upon gazing at a star-filled night, aren't paralyzed with awe.
</span></div>
<div class="_2cuy _3dgx _209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="8bpk4-0-0" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141823; direction: ltr; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px auto 28px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 700px; word-wrap: break-word;">
<span data-offset-key="8bpk4-0-0">Or who, upon seeing their reflection in a pond, don't cry the happiest of tears.
</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="b1ohl-0-0">Do you know what I mean?’’</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="end9b-0-0">And I said, ‘I do’. </span></div>
</div>
ghazalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01208961084697490235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215695152355744987.post-43670191033755194022015-06-09T04:42:00.000-07:002015-06-09T04:42:49.541-07:00Aakhri Paher Ki Dastak<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 35.0pt; line-height: 90%;">Aakhri Paher
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Akhri Paher ki Dastak</div>
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-Reflections</div>
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Akhri
paher ki Dastak-I know how personal this book is to my father who has never
ever, as far as I can trust the portals of my memory, expressed his feelings
overtly before us. He has been a man of few words when it came to familial or
social interactions .Words had to be prized out of him but when he did speak,
we listened. We had no choice. I didn<span lang="FR">’</span>t want to have a choice. His
words always left their mark on my mind.</div>
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I have
fond memories of my childhood when he would make me recite Jaadu tha sapna tha
kyatha ..maine tujh mein kya dekha tha.At the time when children my age were
into Brother Grimm<span lang="FR">’</span>s Fairy Tales and Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes,I
was reciting Iqbal and Nasir Kazmi.Not that he deliberately kept us away from
the fashionable language learning devices but there was a kind of an aloofness
, a beneyazi, that made him say words that were there in his mind. I mirrored
them. I think I have inherited this aloofness from him.</div>
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I never
learnt Urdu in school because I studied in public schools that did not have
Urdu as a subject.Whatever little Urdu I know is because of him.Payam-e-taleem
and khilona were our childhood companions besides Archie comics and Readers<span lang="FR">’</span>Digest.
When I was in Kindergarten I was an
audience to his play Mitti ka Bulawa which was dramatized at Kennedy Hall,
Aligarh .For months I had been witness to innumerable dramatis personae
visiting our place,trying out sound effects, dialogue delivery and I saw how
passionately my father would give shape and expressions to his words. I can
give the effect of horses galloping by strumming my fingers on the walnut
engraved table in our living room.He showed me how to do it.</div>
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We had a
large number of visitors at our place and the sound of teaspoons and aroma of
green label tea is still fresh in my mind.When he was with people, he was very
vocal.However it was his quietude and passivity that I saw at home with him sitting on his takht , writing or reading. He never used a writing
table. Another inheritance from him..I always study with my books scattered
about me either on the carpet or on my bed.</div>
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I had
questions I never asked,perhaps I never will.His silence spoke volumes.I don<span lang="FR">’</span>t
need answers. I need his presence which is far more enriching than all the
treasures one finds in an encyclopedia
or a thesaurus.He rarely expressed excitement or regret over issues that were
quick to excite or disappoint us.Restraint. This is what I learnt from him.</div>
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When I
read two of his dramas-Mujhe Ghar yaad aata haiand Mitti ka Bulawa , I knew he missed certain people and things
in life. When this realization dawned on me I looked at him as a son of my
grandparents, as a brother to his siblings and a friend to innumerable people
who were closed to him. I think we all pass through this stage of
realization.To a child, a father is just a father. He can<span lang="FR">’</span>t
be anyone other than this.It's much later in life that one sees other facets of
a person<span lang="FR">’</span>s identity.</div>
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Yesterday,Rekhta
launched his first ever compilation of ghazals-Aakhri Paher ki Dastak. This
title was disturbing . Perhaps mirroring his trait of hiding emotions, I did
the same. I did not question him.For the last six months he has been struggling
with Cancer. I have been with him through all the sessions of chemotherapy, his
treatment, innumerable visits to the hospitals and a thousand pricks of needles in his veins.
But never once did I see him flinch or express his anguish to anyone. For that
matter no one at home did .We are made of sterner stuff I guess! Lying on the
hospital bed,with the drips ,monitors and machines he would tell me tales of
his childhood, his student days and his friends whom he missed. It was as if
his life was reflected in tiny broken pieces of glass and
I desperately tried to collect those pieces and fix them up like a jigsaw
puzzle,wiping the dust of bygone days that had blurred some of the images and
what emerged was the picture of a man who was my hero, my idol and a meaning
for life.I would walk with him in the corridors of the hospital and I found
myself holding on to his hands as a toddler when he guided my very first steps.
Such were his words to me.I learnt from every step, at every step.</div>
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His
ghazals speak of darkness and shadows, colours fading into dusk, heavy eyelids
and sorrows but never ever of detachment .He is very much a part of the
emotional landscape that he paints through his words.He is very much an
insider, a part of the painting, a subject that thinks and feels but does not
revel in nostalgia. Nostalgia is often arrogant and melodramatic bordering on
abstractions.His nostalgia is concrete and tangible. He sees through stones. I
saw the tenderness of the stone.</div>
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<b><i><span lang="NL">Sooraj dheere dheere pighla</span><o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span lang="NL">Phir taaron mein dhalne laga</span><o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span lang="SV">Mere andar ka sannata</span><o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span lang="NL">Jag ke aankhein malne laga</span><o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span lang="DE">Neele surkh safed sunehre</span><o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span lang="NL">Ek ek karke doob gaye</span><o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Samton
ki har pagdandi pe<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Kaala
rang pighalne laga..<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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These
lines remind me of Vincent Van Gogh<span lang="FR">’</span>s
painting Starry Night . He was one artist who expressed his emotions through
the harsh ,well defined strokes of his brush. Shamim Hanfi paints his words in
deep dark colours. One needs to swim into the depths to understand his
thoughts.</div>
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I am
really thankful to Mr. Sanjiv Saraf , Zamarrud
Mughal and the entire Rekhta team
who made it possible for us to see Shamim Hanfi as poet. The critical intellect
of a great writer of critique has always been there before us. His creativity
comes alive through this publication. Thank you very much. Akhri Paher ki
Dastak is a new beginning.</div>
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-<b>Ghazal<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>9thJune,
2015<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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ghazalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01208961084697490235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215695152355744987.post-60307583789781020632015-03-11T04:47:00.002-07:002015-03-11T04:47:32.772-07:00Jaadu ttha , sapna thha, kyaa thha<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Jaadu ttha sapna ttha kya thha</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Maine tujhmein kya dekha thha</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Aankhein bhi aankhon jaisi tthin</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Maatha bhii maatha jaisa ttha</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>jis mitti pe naaz ttha tujhko </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>main bhi ussi mitti ka banaa thaa</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span>
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Jaadu thha</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>sapna ttha</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>kya ttha</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a poem my father taught me to recite when I could hardly enunciate words clearly.I was fascinated by the sound of words perhaps.A little courtyard, a bit of the blue sky, a handful of cool breeze and an ocean of bliss. And I would reach out to the bubbles that floated in the sky and put them in his lap.Today I realize they were specks in my own eyes.The best part of childhood is that you see things far away,high up .and watch them come closer to.Sometimes you get to cocoon them in your palms. As adults we tend to see things in darkness.The ocean leaves traces of salt.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i>An embossed painting like this confuses me. I can’t think of
thick sunshine or murky waters in shades so light. Never would I want to walk
into the waves because of the fear of losing out on my fluidity. I may end up
as a still life or become as still as the wave there. Only night is thick,
hiding in its depths secrets of the heart. The heart that is impalpable, never
ceasing to venture into the unknown. The blood thickens with the onset of
darkness and becomes as black as the night itself. The thickness of the night
is the thickness of one’s soul.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i>Only Vincent Van Gogh
could have done justice to this palette. His thick strokes are never static.
They are alive ,breathing in every subtle mood of the moment and
manifesting themselves on the hard
course canvass of life in a way that makes you want to be a stroke of his brush.
Just a powerful stroke. (if anyone knows who the artist of this painting is please let me know!)</i></span></div>
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ghazalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01208961084697490235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215695152355744987.post-7776869555691266322014-09-05T18:30:00.001-07:002014-09-05T18:30:43.689-07:00my very own soundcloud<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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ghazalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01208961084697490235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215695152355744987.post-78878675220399515442014-06-20T10:52:00.001-07:002014-06-20T10:52:51.760-07:00Shamim hanfi poems<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/b3gadeoUH0g" width="480"></iframe>ghazalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01208961084697490235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215695152355744987.post-85277277820641555732014-06-17T03:19:00.000-07:002014-06-17T03:19:02.281-07:00Black beads<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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ghazalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01208961084697490235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215695152355744987.post-11753380151917674002014-05-29T09:55:00.001-07:002014-05-29T09:55:09.686-07:00Prof . Shamim Hanfi in conversation with Zamarrud Mughal at Rekhta Studio<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/29QAc_eXTWY" width="480"></iframe>ghazalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01208961084697490235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215695152355744987.post-61248119545034535782014-04-22T09:26:00.001-07:002014-04-22T09:26:36.234-07:00Tip on how to motivate your students<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/hiX0atNucck" width="459"></iframe>ghazalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01208961084697490235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215695152355744987.post-87348931308164002122014-04-22T08:28:00.001-07:002014-04-22T08:28:06.642-07:00Motivation tip for young learners<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/G68NtIL-fk0" width="459"></iframe>ghazalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01208961084697490235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215695152355744987.post-78003470982910063582013-09-11T03:33:00.001-07:002013-09-11T03:33:50.423-07:00Face to face with Tehseen Firaqi<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/l9j38avxcDg" width="480"></iframe>ghazalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01208961084697490235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215695152355744987.post-84735657980026326692013-04-25T05:56:00.001-07:002013-04-25T05:56:19.015-07:00in the hollow of my hands<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i> She knew not what she was. There were
far too many shadows around her. The light inside her was a single flame flickering
in the winds of change. Sometimes fiery sometimes calm...With each breath she
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questioningly at the source of that light. What am I to the one who sees the
footprint on the sands of time and that walked the beach in days gone by?</i></span></div>
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