Happy Holi
Saturday, March 3rd, 2007 Posted in Culture, India, Urdu Poetry | No Comments »And here is a beautiful example of Indo-Islamic culture. horii hoye rahii hai Ahmad jiyaa ke dvaar Hori hoye rahi hai Ahmad jiyaa ke dvaar Hajrat Ali kaa rang banaa hai Hasan Hussain khilaaR horii hoye rahii hai Ahmad jiyaa ke dvaar (horii : holi; ...
My Father - A Poem By Iftikhar Naseem
Tuesday, July 4th, 2006 Posted in Books, Culture, Pakistan, USA, Urdu Poetry | 14 Comments »Through a post by Adnan, I got to know about Iftikhar Naseem. He is a Pakistani born poet who writes fine Urdu poems and lives in Chicago. He is homosexual by nature and it takes courage to come out, especially ...
Jashn-e-Ghulam Ali
Saturday, July 1st, 2006 Posted in Culture, Music, Urdu Poetry | 2 Comments »aadaab arz hai ! From 1-15 July, Aligarians.com would be organizing Jashn-e-Ghulam Ali, a fortnight of beautiful Ghazals and Nazms sung by the maestro. Every day a new composition would be posted on the Radio alongwith its lyrics and meaning of ...
Malibu Rum With Melon
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006 Posted in Culture, USA | No Comments »I don't drink but I love these ads of Malibu rum. There are four of them and this one with the melon is my favorite. Of the rest, one is with the fish and one with the phones. I am still ...
The Standard Of Urdu Poetry
Friday, June 23rd, 2006 Posted in Aligarh Memories, Anecdotes, Culture, India, Urdu Poetry | 2 Comments »Naseem Ahmed, the current Vice Chancellor (V.C.) of A.M.U. is also an alumni of the institution. Urdu department of A.M.U. organizes a sherii nashist (small poetry recital gathering) on the eve of Independence Day and Republic Day every year. Usually, ...
20 Best Hindi Film Songs Ever
Saturday, June 17th, 2006 Posted in Culture, India, Movies, Urdu Poetry | 14 Comments »I have always maintained that Outlook does a better job at non-political cover stories than it does at the political ones. Its latest issue is about the 20 best Bollywood songs ever. May be the recent demise of Naushad prompted ...
Basanti In Aligarh Numaaish
Thursday, June 8th, 2006 Posted in Aligarh Memories, Anecdotes, Culture | 2 Comments »Aligarh numaaish (exhibition) is an annual month-long event and has become a tradition of sorts down the years. Its cultural events are very well attended and lure away even big artists like Ghulam Ali last year. After reading this post ...
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia
Tuesday, June 6th, 2006 Posted in Culture, World | No Comments »Yes, that is what you have when you fear the number 666. Heck, even that word is fearful. Try pronouncing that. Today is 06.06.2006. As close to 666 as we can get to. You have been warned. :-) Meanwhile, the whole blog world ...
