Famous Urdu Shaayar (Poet) Nida Fazli writes: Ye kyā azaab hai sab apne aap meñ gum haiñHow distressing, everyone is so self-absorbedZabāñ milī hai magar ham-zabāñ nahīñ miltā(that while) a tongue (language) is at hand, we cannot locate (any)one who speaks in the same tongue Language is the foundation of a culture, holding knowledge amassed …
Walking the walk …
Spring is not just in the air, there is a spring in our steps as well. It’s (finally!) starting to warm up and the mere sight of the sun-filled blue sky is enough to lift the spirit. “Tramp” poet Davies had pointed out “What is this life if, full of care, we have no time …
Couplets on Compassion
A number of close friends including my wife got me started on writing a weekly blog almost three years ago and have continued to offer support and encouragement. Some readers have requested that I write about music, Sufi poetry and ghazals etc., providing a loose translation if possible, as they do not know Hindi/Punjabi/Urdu well …
Pity The Nation
A friend based in Vancouver called and we chatted for over an hour, nostalgically meandering through the lanes of our childhood years. This week I had planned to write about these resurfaced memories and the countryside of the Punjab with its mud-brick village houses which, although cramped, housed people with large hearts whose generosity and …
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