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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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آج جانے کی ضد نہ کرو /Aaj jaane ki zid na karo – an Iltija!
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Continue reading →: On Noor Jehan, (1925-2000)
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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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Continue reading →: रूथ बेदर गिन्स्बर्ग: स्त्री अधिकारों की बुलंद आवाज़
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