poet – Itisaras

REVIVAL OF SUFI TRADITION THROUGH MUSIC

October 19, 2020October 19, 2020 Debopriya Bhattacharya 2 Comments 18th century, 1947, A.R. Rahman, Allah Ke Bande, Baba Bulleh Shah, bass guitar, Bhakti, Bullah Ki Jaana, Coke Studio, contemporary fusion music, divine, drums, EDM, emotions, Farid Ayaz, gharana, hindu, Hindustani Classical music, Indian Ocean, Islam, Islamic civilization, Islamicate, Junoon, kafi, Kailash Kher, Kashmiri classical maestro, love, Music, Mystical, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistan, partition, Parvaaz, poet, pop, Qawwali, Rabbi Shergill, Rang, Religion Unplugged, rock, Rumi, saints, semi-folk, semi-Sufi, shrines, silisilas, social order, Sonam Kalra, Spirituality, sufi, Sufi Gospel Project, Sufi-rock, Sufiana, Sufism, The Local Train, the voice of faith, TheWire, tombs, trance, Ustad Mohammad Yaqoob Sheikh, Vaishnav temples, waqfs, Yatra

Music lover or not, Sufi is one form we can’t shy away from. Find out more about this age-old form of music and how it is reviving a spiritual tradition in the modern world.

History

Nur Jahan Padshah Begum or The Lady Emperor

August 11, 2020August 11, 2020 Aaliyia Malik 0 Comments a skilled architect, a skilled hunter, administration, army, Barakat Ullah, Bihar, commission, dowries, educated, empire, employees, gold coins, governor, hunting, imperial balcony, jagirs, Jahangir, jharoka, Lahore, land rights, leader, Mahabat Khan, mausoleum, Mehr-un-Nissa, ministers, Mirza Ghias Beg, mughal, musket, Nur Jahan, orphan girls, patriarchy, Persian, Poems by Indian Women, poet, politician, Power, powerful, queen, Ruby Lal, Shah Jahan, Shahdara Bagh, Shahryr, Sher Afghan, Shia Muslim, silver coins, state affairs, symbol, the lady emperor, war elephants, woman

“Though Nur Jahan be in form a woman,
In the ranks of men she’s a tiger-slayer”
Nur Jahan was a symbol of power, intelligence and fortitude. Let’s dig deep about this Lady Emperor and find out about her journey from a simple woman to a tiger slayer.

History

Khuda-e-Sukhan: The Mir who died with Delhi

June 7, 2020June 7, 2020 Aaliyia Malik 0 Comments Anvari and Khaqani, Bheem Ka Akhaara, compassion, Culture, Delhi, Delhi school of Urdu Ghazal, diwans, fate, Fort William College in Calcutta, ghazal, Imad-ul-Mulk, Itimad-ud-Daula II, Jama Masjid, Javed Khan, knowledge, Koolliyati Meer Tyqee, language, longing, love, Lucknow, Mir Taqi Mir, Mirza Ghalib, Mughal India, mushaira, nawabs, ode, patron, patronize, pen name, Persian, poet, poetry, Raja Jugal Kishore and Raja Nagar Mal, Raja Nagar Mahal, refuge, religious, traditional city love, Urdu, verse

Kya bood-o-baash poochho ho, poorab ke saakino ?
Hum ko ghareeb jaan ke, hans hans pukaar ke

Dilli jo ek sheher tha, aalam mein intekhaab
Rehte thay muntakhab hi jahaan rozgaar ke
– Mir
Mughal India has produced a lot of famous poets and Sufis. Mir was among the many who thrived even by not accepting any patronisation. He lies dead in Lucknow, but his soul is still in his city, his home, his Delhi.

Society

Kabir and the Anti – Caste Narrative

April 14, 2020April 27, 2020 Editor 0 Comments awadhi, Brahmanical, braj, dalit, Dalit Community, Dalit Literature, Devotion, Discrimination, divine, division, dohe, faith, hierarchy, hindu, idol worship, Kabir, knowledge, literature, muslim, mystic poet, mysticism, poet, Religion, Rituals, saint, social orders, sufi, verse, Writer

“Kabir ke dohe '' have been an integral part of Indian literature from ancient times. Through his writing he has preached us about life lessons but what if we tell you there is more to his writings.Could you ever imagine similarities between Kabir and Ambedkar?
Read the link below to find out why he wrote the way he did.