Gopaldas Neeraj, a noted Hindi poet and lyricist breathed his last on Thursday. He was 93. According to media reports, Neeraj’s health deteriorated on Monday and he was moved to Agra from Aligarh for better treatment. When his condition took a turn for even worse, he was moved to AIIMS[Read More…]
Tag: Poetry
The intriguing story behind Ghalib’s “Har ek baat pe kahte ho”
“Har ek baat pe kahte ho tum ki tū kyā hai tumhīñ kaho ki ye andāz-e-guftugū kyā hai na sho.ale meñ ye karishma na barq meñ ye adā koī batāo ki vo shoḳh-e-tund-ḳhū kyā hai ye rashk hai ki vo hotā hai ham-suḳhan tum se vagarna ḳhauf-e-bad-āmozi-e-adū kyā hai” Ghalib,[Read More…]
Movie names, Tulsidas and poetry: The real answer sheet of Ruby Rai
In a shocking revelation, the police have said that Bihar school examination topper Ruby Rai wrote names of movies in one answer sheet, the name of poet Tulsidas more than a hundred times in another and poetry in some others, which were then replaced by papers written by ‘experts’. Patna[Read More…]