Posts Tagged Urdu
Shaam-e-Jigar: Megha Kasak
Megha Kasak from Saharanpur, relatively new to the Mushaira scene, took the whole Mehfil by a storm. With a classical singing training, her voice and poetry moved the audience as well as the other poets and moved Naheed-e-Hind, Nuzhat Nigaar, to get up and hug her!
Members of Mehfil were moved to tears listening to her. They sent their praise to her and her father, Tarun Kasak.
12 comments October 6, 2009
Live from Muradabad: 48th Annual “Shaam-e-Jigar”
At RockeTalk, we always push our limits and this time we got a chance to play up the best of the RockeTalk platform. With the help of three enthusiastic RockeTalkers- Danish Khan, Harsh Kosh and Shafeeq Khan and a whole lot of encouragement and help from the International Writers’ Association, UP, Muradabad, India, we did what we set out to do!
We broadcast an over 5 hours long live program to RockeTalkers all over the world- India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Central Africa, South Africa, U.K, U.S.A, Canada, Bangladesh, Sweden, Germany, Kuwait- I’m sure I’m missing some- straight to their mobile phones!
What was different from a regular ‘broadcast’ was the ability of the remote listeners to be part of the event and participate by listening as well as giving their comments, critique, asking questions right away.
We did not know what to expect but, in the true Mushaira tradition, people were sending in their ‘Wah! Wah!’ and also impromptu shaiyri (shairi, poetry) in praise of what the Shayars (poets) were reciting.
We’ve always had students listening in and participating in groups but this time we had people in remote villages, as many as 50 people sitting in a room, to listen and participate.
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Dilkash Afridi Sahab was kind enough to sit with us and talk about Jigar Muradabadi. Here is part of the interview. We will be posting the rest of it later.
9 comments October 5, 2009
On special request: A taste of Mehfil’s daily Mushaira
I’ve been meaning to do a special post for one of the most unique communities on RockeTalk, or for that matter any where in the world. People who speak, understand or are trying to learn Urdu or Hindi peotry, get together everyday for a continous Mushaira- 24×7x365 days.
It is the Holy month of Ramazaan or Ramaadan and Eid is just around the corner. So here is a treat from me to you.
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Dear Mehfil members, I cannot put all the posts here- there is no way I can do that, but I’ve tried to browse the content for the last few days and pick some posts. I’m hoping this selection will give everyone a taste of what we experience in Mehfil on a daily basis. If I missed your post- which I probably have, please forgive me. I will try to post on a weekly basis the ‘Best of Mehfil’ and chances are, you will see your post then.
For those of you who have never experience it live-
“Ek baras mei, ek baar hi jagti holi ki jwalaa,
Ek baar hi lagti baazi, jalti deepon ki maalaa,
Duniyawaalon, kintu kisi din aa Mehfil me dekho,
Din mei Holi, raat Diwali roz manaati…. (madhushaallaa)”
36 comments September 18, 2009
