Baad-e-Saba

Talking to my childhood buddy, Vibhor Vyas 'Ahbab,' about his passion for Hindi/Urdu Shayari

An episode with award-winning poet and birthday girl Rachna Sharma 'Rahi'.

Aj hamare saath ek mehmaan hain, Danish Rana, naujawan shayar hain, hindi filmon me gaane bhi likhte hain.  You can find him by "Danish Rana" on youtube, by @TheBrandedShayar on Insta and by @TheBranded_Shayar on TikTok.

Pichla episode zara bhari ho gaya to is baar pesh hai zara halki phulki shayri. Ishq wali shayri, meri kalam se.

Is episode me suniye Gulzar sahab ki shayri ka ek aisa pehlu jo apne shayad pehle na suna ho. Gulzar sahab science or astronomy ke bohot sare alfaaz ko apni shayri me metaphors ke taur pe istemaal karte hain. Kabhi kabhi is qadr tak ke apko Stephen Hawkings ki "A Brief History of Time" padhni pad jaye.

On popular demand, I am going to recite some of the nazms by Gulzar.

Today I am going to tell you a story, Junglee Booti By Amrita Pritam. Some listeners wanted to know the meaning of some of the words in Muneer Niyazi's nazms from the 3rd episode. Here they are: apne AMAL ka hisaab - DOINGS || Bohot DERINA Rasto par - OLD || Jo Dil me POSHIDA hain - HIDDEN || Jo ab tak NADIDA hain - UNSEEN || Mera Dil kahi aur MUBTALA ho jaye - INVOLVE || apni hi TEGH-E-ADAA se -...

Introduction to the beautiful poetry of Muneer Niyazi. He is known for his soft beautiful language and sad love poetry. 

Reciting a couple of more ghazals by Rahat Indori

Introduction and a couple of Urdu ghazals from Naraz by Rahat Indori.