Here are some Ash’aar from a Ghazal by Krishan Adeeb. Notice the beautifully displayed Takhayyul in Adeeb’s Maqta.
I wrote Just Another Song back in 2004 on a summer day and it really gave a variation in my writings, which were more or less limited to one style until then. I am floating an audio version of the song, composed and performed by an old colleague, Keith Medlin. Hope you enjoy it. Click…
Here are some ash’aar that I recently read. The first one really blew me away. Faakir has shown the plight of the heart of an unrequitted lover and the way he portrays the color of Mehndi on beloved’s hands — simply remarkable! Second one is on the same lines. Third one is speaks highly of…
This is another video from the same Sukhanfaham evening I spent with Capt. Lal during my Summer 2005 India trip. Click on the play button to start the video. You may want to pause it until the progress bar finishes streaming and reaches the end. He recites a beautiful Hindi Poem in the beginning and…
Here is another heartfelt Nazm by Kaifi Azmi saahab from the same book I posted the earlier one out of. Ek ek lafz padh kar mai apnaa sar dhuntaa thaa, baharhaal nazm gaur farmaaiye.
Here are some Ash’aar from a Ghazal by Hakim Naasir. Pay attention to the second Sher. Naasir has applied Takhayyul in a beautiful way.
This is Capt. Lal, our old time neighbor back in Rohtak, India, reciting a very old (may be as old as him) Urdu poem from his college days. The man is a World War II Veteran, a former All India Radio Director, a Lawyer, and a connoisseur of Urdu Poetry. I recorded this during my…
I found a heartfelt slideshow on Kashmir today on the Kashmiri Overseas Association site, which I’m a member of. If you wish to immerse yourself in the beauty of the Great Himalayas, check out this presentation of music & images on Kashmir and its images – prepared by Arun Koul.
Here’s a Ghazal I wrote couple months ago. Like the old song goes, “Hard times no one knows”, it was a forgettable day for me, which left me with nothing, but a few couplets. Some are presented below, which I put them into a Ghazal. -Gautam
Ek nazm pesh hai..