Tag : Khwaja Haidar Ali Aatish
The word Ishq has been derived from its Arabic cognate ‘Ashiqa (عشقه) which is a kind of ivy or Bel, as we refer to in Hindi. But this is not just any creeper growing around. This clinging plant is actually a parasitic plant – similar to the mistletoe – that actually wraps up around another plant and eventually dries it out completely, to the extent that the original plant dies and only the passion-vine (ivy) remains.
By Rajat Kumar
September 2, 2022
लखनऊ की होली के क्या कहने साहब! होली क्या है हिन्दुस्तान की कौमी यकजहती की आबरू है। जो ये मानते हैं कि होली सिर्फ़ हिंदुओं का त्योहार है वो होली के दिन पुराने लखनऊ के किसी भी मोहल्ले में जाकर देख लें,पहचानना मुश्किल हो जाएगा रंग में डूबा कौन सा चेहरा हिंदू है कौन सा मुसलमान।
By Himanshu Bajpai
March 29, 2021
Inside an old house in Saraa-e-Baale Khan, sat a thin, tall man of an unassumed, unconventional temperament on his cheap jute mat under a broken-down roof, sheltered by hay and thatch. Dressed in a simple lungi, he sat in patience and contentment, spending his life like some aloof and carefree dervish. As his tilted cap rakishly fell over one of his eyebrows, he kept staring at an outdated wall ruminating about love, life, and poetry.
By Rajat Kumar
March 26, 2021
