I had the honour of speaking about one of Urdu's popular poets in the 20th Century weekend before last, Sahir Ludhianvi. Sahir is the author of
Talkhiyaan, a lot of Bollywood's most memorable lyrics, including, for example the poetry used in
the movie
Kabhi Kabhie. He also wrote one of the most famous and interesting comments on the
Taj Mahal; a poem that ends with the quatrain:
Yeh chaman zar yeh jamna ka kinara yeh mahalYeh munaqqash dar-o-deevar yeh mehrab yeh taaqAik shahanshah nay daulat ka sahara lay kerHum ghareebon kee mohabbat ka uraya hai mazaaq
[I'll find a translation I did of this and post it here]
A web page devoted to the event is at:
http://ifaqeer.blogspot.com/2005/03/speaking-of-literature.htmlYou can read the Press Release and a transcript of my speech (transliteration, actually; the speech was in Urdu, the transliteration is in the Roman/English script) on the "Urdu ke Naam" blog:
http://urdu-ke-naam.blogspot.com/2005/03/sahir-ludhianvi-remembered-on-his-83rd.htmland my speech, as written, at:
http://urdu-ke-naam.blogspot.com/2005/03/address-at-yaum-e-sahir-in-milpitas.htmlLabels: South Asian Language and Culture, Urdu
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