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Continue reading →: اَے مُحبت تیرے اَنجام پہ رونا آیا/ऐ मोहब्बत तेरे अंजाम पे रोना आया – the signature girya-o-zari!
Among the girya-o-zari form of theme/expression, the ghazal, which best symbolizes, lamenting/wailing over the separation from the beloved, is undisputedly, the Shakeel Badayuni’s immortal piece, sung by Akhtari Faizabadi, – Ae Mohabbat tere anjaam pe rona aya. The enchanting voice and the words: As Peter Manuel, in “A Historical Survey…
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Continue reading →: हमरी अटरिया पे/ Hamari Atariya Pe – the haunting Thumri!
I The Timeless Thumri: Thumri, as a musical genre, can be traced back to mid-15th century. It however, acquired a greater popularity and appeal in the court of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah/’Akhtar Piya’, Awadh during mid 19th century. The nawab, a singer, poet himself, composed the famous, ‘Babul mora naihar…
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Continue reading →: آج جانے کی ضد نہ کرو /Aaj jaane ki zid na karo – an Iltija!
I आज जाने की ज़िद न करोयूँ ही पहलू में बैठे रहोहाय, मर जायेंगेहम तो लुट जायेंगेऐसी बातें किया न करो तुम ही सोचो ज़रा, क्यों न रोकें तुम्हें?जान जाती है जब उठ के जाते हो तुमतुमको अपनी क़सम जान-ए-जाँबात इतनी मेरी मान लोआज जाने की ज़िद न करो वक़्त…
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Continue reading →: On Noor Jehan, (1925-2000)
http://thewirehindi.com/142569/remembering-malika-e-tarannum-noorjehan/ About Noor Jehan: Noor Jehan/Malika-e-Tarannum (the queen of melody), was a playback singer and actress, with a career spanning across six decades, (1930-1990). She was renowned as one of the greatest and most influential singers of all time throughout South Asia and had a command of Hindustani classical music as…
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Continue reading →: On Ismat Chughtai
https://thewirehindi.com/144840/remembering-ismat-chughtai/ Ismat Chughtai (21 August 1915 – 24 October 1991): An Indian Urdu novelist, short story writer, and filmmaker, beginning in the 1930s, Ismat Chughtai wrote extensively on themes including female sexuality-feminity; class conflict, with a style characterized by literary realism. Undisputedly, she remains to be one the most significant…
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