“Bahaaron ko chaman yaad aa gaya hai Mujhe woh gulbadan yaad aa gaya hai! Lachakati shaakh ne jab sar uthaaya Kisi ka baankapan yaad aa gaya hai! Mile woh ajanabi ban kar to 'Rifat' Zamaane ka chalan yaad aa gaya hai!” – Rifat Sultan [(Just as) the spring (season) has remembered (and returned to) the …
Let it be
“Mann re tu kaahe naa dheer dhare O nirmohi moh naa jaane, jinkaa moh kare Iss jeevan ki chadhti dhalti dhoop ko kisne baandhaa Rang pe kisne pehre daale roop ko kisne baandhaa, kaahe ye jatan kare Utnaa hi upkaar samajh koi jitnaa saath nibhaa de Janam maran kaa mel hai sapnaa yeh sapnaa bisraa …
The Sounds of Silence .. (with an adulatory nod to Simon and Garfunkel)
“Naam gum jaayega, chehraa yeh badal jaayegaa meri aawaaz hi pehchaan hai…. Gar yaad rahe” – Sampooran Singh “Gulzar” [(The) Name will get obscured, (this) countenance will get altered only the voice is the ipseity … should one (wish to) remember] This emphasis on “aawaaz” (literally, the voice) illustrates the importance of SOUND, …
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