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Story of a Painting - Mehrgarh, Indus and Ghalib
Mehrgarh excavations continue despite all odds; and there is much more hidden under the rugged, topograhic layers of Baluchistan. Saw this figurine (on the right)Â and found it most fascinating. JB, my friend who introduced me to this new discovery suggested that I should use it in a painting (noting my new interest in the medium).
June 16th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
dost-o-yaar-i-hasti
Imkaan-i-zamaana to khool raha hai
Dekho aaj raushan paikar-i-aasman hai
Haq to muqamil, jahan pay raaij hai
Aaj inssan nahi, fareshta-i-qainaat hai
If I may let me share a roobai of Ghalib
Hai vasal hijr, alam-i-tamkeen o zabt main
Mashooq shokh o ashiq devaana chahiay
Us kay lab say bosaa mil to jai ga kabhi
Haan, shauq-i-fuzool o juraat-i-rindana chahiay
These are times to reach our destiny, which is heaven on earth! There is no heaven but Heaven! It is not something that we will be given or rewarded, but like freedom, we will have claim it, my dear friends.
This world today is according to Faiz
Dash to ab bhee dash hai, par lahoo pa say Faiz,
Seerab hain chand khar-i-mughlian aur
It is now in vain that Ghalib, but in provocation to a failing rab, but a moniker in the great travels of becoming human!
In case we have forget, we are still on our way to become human, but exactly like to birth of a child one does not know the exact hour.
My heart tells me the time has arrived and we are near the hour when our life as ‘human-like’ is coming to a close and our life as humans is about to begin. The Sun may rise tomorrow with exactly this news tomorrow…
Alas the greatest of times are coming, beyond your and my wildest imagination!
June 16th, 2007 at 6:38 pm
This post got posted without my final edit, here is the edited version.
dost-o-yaar-i-hasti
Imkaan-i-zamaana to khool raha hai
Dekho! raushan paikar-i-aasman hai
Haq to muqamil, jahan pay raaij hai
Aaj insaan nahi, fareshta-i-qainaat hai
If I may, let me share a roobai of Ghalib
Hai vasal hijr, alam-i-tamkeen o zabt main
Mashooq shokh o ashiq devaana chahiay
Us lab say mil hi jai ga bosaa kabhi to haan,
Shauq-i-fuzool o juraat-i-rindana chahiay
These are times to reach our destiny, which is heaven on earth! There is no heaven but Heaven! It is not something that we will be given or rewarded, but like freedom, we will have claim it, my dear friends.
This world today is according to Faiz
Hai, dasht ab bhee dasht hai, magar khoon i pa say Faiz,
Seerab chand khar-i-mughlian hooay to hain!
It is now in vain that Ghalib says, but in provocation to a failing rab, but a moniker in the great travels of becoming human!
In case we forget, we are still on our way to becoming human. So exactly like in birth of a child one does not know the exact hour, we also do not the hour of being born as humans!
My heart tells me the time has arrived and we are near the hour when our life as ‘human-like’ is coming to a close and our life as humans is about to begin. The Sun may rise tomorrow with exactly this news.
Alas the greatest of times are coming, beyond your and my wildest imagination!