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Iqbal Qalander

Posted in Culture, History, Iqbaliat, Islam, Pakistaniyat, Poetry on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

کہاں سے سیکھی ہے تو نے اے اقبال یہ درویشی
کے چرچا ہے بادشاؤں میں تیری بے نیازی کا

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Nice Manqabat of Hz Khawaja Sahib (ra)

Posted in Culture, Music, Poetry, Saints, Sufism on October 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Came across this recently and liked it so I thought I’d share it with friends. The poet Noorani Mian hails from the famous spiritual line of Kichocha Sharif in India. Part 1 is found below and Part 2 here.

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Memorable Naat by Pir Naseeruddin (ra)

Posted in Culture, Music, Naat Sharif, Poetry, Sufism on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A few selected verses from this Naat by Pir sahib:
lo Madinay ki tajalli se lagay huwe hein
dil ko ik matlaya e anwar banay huwe hein
sharam e isyan se nehein samane jaya jata
ye be kaya kam hai tere sheher mein ayay huwe hein
hazir o nazir o noor o bashar o ghaib ko chor
shukr kar woh tere [...]

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Pir Naseeruddin Sings Kalam of Bedam Warsi

Posted in Culture, Poetry, Sufism on September 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »

A great combination!

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Unke Andaz e Karam- Pir Naseeruddin

Posted in Culture, Music, Poetry on August 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Quite a unique qawwali and one of my favuorites. A magnificent rendition by Ustad Nusrat of the kalam of Pir Sayyid Naseeruddin Naseer (ra). Listen and experience!
Part 1

Part 2

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Dil Dil Pakistan!

Posted in Culture, Music, Pakistaniyat on August 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Happy Independence Day to everyone!

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A Great Naat- Qari Zubaid Rasool

Posted in Culture, Music, Naat Sharif, Poetry on August 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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Mander on the Homogenization of Global Consciousness

Posted in Books, Culture, Modernity, Politics on July 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

“One of the main goals of economic globalization is that every place on earth should be more or less like every other place. Whether it’s the US, Europe, or once-distant places like Asia, Africa, or South America, all countries are meant to develop the same way. The same franchise fast food, the same films and [...]

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A Glimpse of the Zawq of Pir Naseeruddin Naseer (ra)

Posted in Culture, Islam, Poetry, Scholars, Sufism on May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This was a man of many colours and this is one of them.

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Death Anniversary of Hz Allama (ra)

Posted in Culture, Iqbaliat, Islam, Music on April 21, 2009 | 7 Comments »

I was reminded by a fellow enthusiast that it being the 21st of April, it is Allama sahib’s death anniversary today. At the moment I’m not in a position to offer anything original but I thought I should do something to mark the day. So here is Ustad Nusrat singing his famous poem “khudi ka [...]

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