Jahane Rumi In search of the unsearchable: O, my soul! where would you find your house?

1. 

   MysticSaint
   June 4th, 2007 - 02:39

   Beautiful indeed. i must say with such short trip you have absorbed quite a lot and reflecting it back wonderfully in your paintings.

   i liked the freshness of ‘Melting Meghna’ and the composition maja of the ‘Dhaka Colours’.

   will be eager to check back the ‘Meghna and Me’ once its complete.

   cheers!
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   sadia dehlvi
   June 4th, 2007 - 05:50

   my dear, you have the makings of a great artist. keep painting and youll get there. allah kare zore brush ho aur ziyada, sadia dehlvi
3. 

   Hafeez
   June 4th, 2007 - 06:14

   I can lace your paintings with a poem. Your talent unfurls with every conquest, Raza Rumi Sahib.
   SONARGAON
   The connotation of flood
   remains unchanged,
   whether your delta
   drowns or mine.
   Back then, we could
   have used ferries
   to abridge doubts.
   Your currency could prevail
   my capital could move,
   spring could come
   at December’s fall.
   We could even
   share the blood bath.
   Now at the mercy
   of our cyclones
   and not even feeling wet for each other,
   bites hard on the times
   that you nor I can roll.
   1 December 1998
   Dhaka/Bangladesh
4. 

   nabila ahmed
   June 4th, 2007 - 07:17

   raza, good attempt, simplicity is the key in your paintings.
   i like the faces in mehgna and me, and the vivid colours in melting mehgna, keep painting.
5. 

   Shaista
   June 4th, 2007 - 07:48

   I was touched to see you using Sahab’s line: Dil Jalao keh Roshni kam hai…my mum would be happy to see this painting
6. 

   priya
   June 4th, 2007 - 11:40

   beautiful i must admit
7. 

   Irving
   June 4th, 2007 - 14:05

   A lovely line, “light your heart, as it is getting dark,” and it goes perfectly with the beautiful painting. Alhamdulillah! You are a real folk artist with a very expressive and spiritual style

   Ya Haqq!
8. 

   mystic
   June 4th, 2007 - 22:36

   yaar tum set aadmi ho…har fun mowla…painting bhi gazab ki ker lete ho !
9. 

   Sheraz
   June 5th, 2007 - 06:08

   Raza

   I like your expression, which is, undoubtedly,very earthly and innate. The line ‘dil jalao ke roshnee kam hai’ reminds of the melancholic verses of Fayyaz Hashmi for film Dayvar Bahbi:

   Na Aye Aaj Bi Tum Kiya Ye Bae-rukhi Kum Hae
   Di’yae Khushi Kae Jale Phir Bi Roshni Kum Hae
   Tumhain Yeh Kaysay Bata’oun Kay Ahle Dil Kay Li’yae
   Gham-e- Hayat Zaya’da Hae Aur Khushi Kum Hae

   Kati Hay Sham-e- Tammana Ajeeb Uljhan Main
   Khila Poohl Koyee Arzoo Kay Gulshan Main
   Tumhain Khabar Naheen Roke Hain Mayn Nain Woh Ansoo
   Jo Sholay Bun Kay Barsastay Kisi Kay Daman Main
   Chiragh-e-Dard Jalaou Kay Roshni Kum Hae

   (Duet by Mala and Ahmed Rushdi (picturized on Rani and Waheed Murad, film Dayvar Bahbi-1967)
10. 

    Alvi
    June 5th, 2007 - 12:58

    Raza: “Art Naive” does not do justice to the rich Bengali landscape. Please go back to your own instincts. Need more substance and less style.
11. 

    Meghan
    June 6th, 2007 - 03:51

    I’m so happy that you’ve made the discipline to keep expressing yourself in a visual language. Make the painting your poetry!
12. 

    Naina Subberwal Batra
    June 7th, 2007 - 06:04

    Raza really liked the Meghna and Me composition. I am glad that Bengal has brought out the artist in you. Look forward to seeing more of your works.

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