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On Vox: Labz-e-mohobbat - लब्ज़-ए-मोहोब्बत
बीखा बात अधम की कहन-सुनन की नाहि
जो जाने सो कहे नहीं जो कहे सो जाने नाहि ॥
एक लब्ज़-ए-मोहोब्बत का अदना यह फ़साना हैं ।
सिमटे तो दिल-व-आशिक़ फ़ैले तो ज़माना हैं॥
आख़ों मैं नमी सी हैं, चुप् चुप् से वो बैंठें हैं ।
नाज़ुक सी निग़ाहों मैं, नज़ुक सा फ़साना हैं ॥
ये इश्क़ नहिं आसान, इतना ही समझ लीजिये ।
एक आग़ का दरिया हैं, बस डूब ही जाना हैं॥
दिल संग़-ए-मलामत का हर चंद ( Read more... ) -
On Vox: I can't imagine . . .
I can't imagine people who go through life without making any effort to know more about the world they crawl about in!!
Originally posted on artharaja.vox.com
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On Vox: Belaboured Blogging
There was a time when the ideas flowed freely. There were many things I wanted to say, many things to discuss and evaluate, to seek views on, to move forward with a synthesis of ideas. And the ideas flowed out freely from a buzzing cauliflower through fingers clacketing away on the keyboard in rapid staccato. The ideas flowed in freely, from ( Read more... ) -
On Vox: Church, State and the People
Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the leading ecclesiastic of the Anglican Church, recently raised quite a furore when he suggested that British law would, at some point, need to adjust to accommodate, Sharia, the Islamic personal laws, as part of its legal structure ( Read more... ) -
Back and more to do . . .
The trip went off well. Almost like clockwork ( Read more... ) -
भवानी दयानी
Begum Parveen Sultana, one of the finest vocalists in the Hindustani tradition rarely gets to end a concert without singing the Sadarā Bhairavi - Bhavāni Dayāni.
भवानी दयानी
महावाक वाणी
सुर-नर-मुनी जनमानी
सकल बुधज्ञानी स
भवानी दयानी ।
जगजननी जगमानी
महीशासुरमरदिनी
ज्वालामुखी चण्डि
अमर पद दानी
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Confusion . . .
An excerpt from the book, "Fooled by Randomness" by Nassim Taleb is this delightful "Table of Confusion" which summarises the thesis of the book as "that it addresses situations where the left column is mistaken for the right one".
The Table of Confusion excerpts from page xliii of "Fooled by Randomness" by Nassim Taleb General ( Read more... ) -
More books . . .
So this Friday I visited the flagship Crossword at Breach Candy - they started their 'Sale' on Saturday, but they had a 'pre-view' for the Book Rewards Members on Friday. Later that day I also visited the annual Strand book sale at Sunderbai Hall at Churchgate. All in all, a day for splurging on books!
Here's what I picked. At the Crossword sale, I ( Read more... ) -
Sorry to lose you . . .
So M, the big boss (basically my boss' boss' dotted-line boss) - the Asia Pac Head of our department in the bank gave me a call this afternoon. Apparently, he was informed of my decision to quit over a month AFTER I communicated the decision to my boss ( Read more... )
