Naveed Siraj has sent the captioned audio link. The track is originally by Ustaad Manzoor Ali Khan who belongs to the Gwaliar Gharana. The track is called “Khutaa Keenjhar kinaray, tambo tamachee jaam ja” which NS has translated as: “At the banks of (Lake) Keenjhar, the King (Jam Tamachee) puts up the camp”. Here, we can visualise the mighty ruler of the land arriving at the Keenjhar with all the pomp and protocol and is received by poor mohanas.  This track as is mesmerising.

While taking me through the audio journey, I learnt about Khuta Kinjhar kin (The King puts up camp at Keenjhar). This is Shah Latif’s Sur Nooree-Jam-Tamachee & it is simply describing the scene of the King Jam Tamachee falling for the simple fisherwoman Nooree.

So it starts with Shah giving voice to Nooree who cries out to the Samoo King “You are the supreme lord, I, a lowly fisherwoman, full of blemishes, pray do not foresake me and turn your back on me in view of our abject poverty. (more…)

Indian farmers have never committed suicide on a large scale. It’s something totally new. It’s linked to the last decade of globalization, trade liberalization under a corporate-driven economy. The seed sector was liberalized to allow corporations like Cargill and Monsanto to sell unregulated, untested seed. They began with hybrids, which can’t be saved, and moved on to genetically engineered Bt cotton. The cotton belt is where the suicides are taking place on a very, very large scale. It is the suicide belt of India.

And the high cost of seed is linked to high cost of chemicals, because these seeds need chemicals. In addition, these costly seeds need to be bought every year, because their very design is to make seeds nonrenewable, seed that isn’t renewable by its very nature, but whether it’s through patenting systems, intellectual property rights or technologically through hybridization, nonrenewable seed is being sold to farmers so they must buy every year.

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I come across your website while searching some material on sufiism….I must say its a great contribution by you towards promoting what we people used to be and what we should be. May Allah guide you for the best.
Regards,
AKHLAQUE

May ALLAH bless you with plenty of Happiness & Divine knowledge.

I think the Murshad/PIR of Dara Skikoh was HAZRAT SHAEED SAED MOHAMMAD SARMAD.

ALLAH KNOWS BEST

Raza, ki jaane mai kaun? I too, cannot recognise myself either, for I am totally traversing through time nad space, and taking in the art, history, music and literature as my inner campanion. I think you have a lot of depth and beauty, as you have demonstrated this wonderful site, unselfishly sharing the best of what really matters! I salute you and wish our paths meet one day. Till then, experience the unknown deeply.

General Post Office sits at the top of the commercial Murree Mall. (more…)

Sadia Dehlvi forwarded her insightful article that rightly argues how the fringe (notably the Wahabite sect) in Islam has distorted the faith of learning and spiritual quest.

Yes, the Muslim world is facing oppression and injustice, but we can no longer escape the fact that we have enemies within the community. The Glasgow attack and the Lal Masjid horror are recent examples of extremism and terror. Clearly there is a crisis of ignorance, leadership and faith. Muslims must acknowledge that there is a radical fringe which needs to be identified and rejected. We cannot allow the pulpits of our mosques or the institutions of learning to be seized for the discourse of anger and the rhetoric of rage.

This piece was published in the Hindustan Times. Full text of the published article can be accessed here.

Against Forgetting – Manglesh Dabraal

I also found this translation on the site you mention – I find the poem moving and profound. Do you know if any more of Manglesh Dabraal’s poetry is available on the internet in translation into English ? Is there a collection or anthology of similar poetry published in English?

Kind Regards

William

thanks for the comment on my post on Lal Ded in my blog
i have responded a little there….
your blog is a treat… we have so much common…
we are looking for a change… if u happen to come to Delhi.. please let me know…

would like to know if your name rumi is a pen name ( takhalus ) ?

inder salim is my conceptual name… we both know how much these two religions have a shared past and a histroy of conflict…

i have really enjoyed your blog

best of wishes

with lot of love
to the people of pakistan and you, your friends and family

inder salim

I looked at your blog and thank you for your story. It can make mutual understanding among all people of the world.

My name is Lendy Widayana (M), i am independent photojournalist from IndonesiaDiscovery, Indonesia. I would like to build a friendship with all photo journalist. And maybe someday you will visit to our country, we are welcome for that.

Unfortunately, my photo blog is in Bahasa. But for the pictures you can browse it all
through the http://photojournalist.wordpress.com
best regards

And, yet ki janaa mein kaun? for I do not recognize myself…

————–You are a soul to preach humanism and salvation. —————————————-

The Center for Cultural Heritage conservation and Mangement at NCA, Lahore. We the first group of M.Phil students are all sensitive to the complex Heritage issues around us and we are also in the process of developing systems, procedures, and guidelines of Heritage preservation and conservation

Empathy may help us work better : with Stakeholders and make us understand the diversity of ethnic groups and intricate and dynamic social fabric we live in, we need to bring a change in our attitudes so that we can guide significant people to understand the processes of Heritage Conservation and Management in Pakistan

Very impressive site, i love Lahore and its magnificent history, and stumbled upon your site by accident.I hope to get a lot of inspiration and hope from re visting, i had no idea such blogs existed.
Plz keep up the good work.