Monthly Archives: June 2007

Against Forgetting – Manglesh Dabraal

I also found this translation on the site you mention – I find the poem moving and profound. Do you know if any more of Manglesh Dabraal’s poetry is available on the internet in translation into English ? Is there a collection or anthology of similar poetry published in English?

Kind Regards

William

Moving from the wordpress blog is proving to be more excruciating than I had thought. In addition, being technically challenged does not help either. Nevertheless, I have moved with my bags, posts and dreams. The site is still under construction and polishing it will take time. Let’s hope I can keep up with the techncial demands and the urge to post more.

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I had earlier posted a few poems by Ayesha Salman. She has sent me her new poem which, true to her style, is original and inventive with the diction.

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I had posted a poem on Iraq - Halaku, when you will come to Baghdad this time; and today reading the piece by Simon Jenkins brought back that hollow feeling of irreparable loss and destruction of Iraqi civilization,ostensibly, by the ‘civilized’ world.

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thanks for the comment on my post on Lal Ded in my blog
i have responded a little there….
your blog is a treat… we have so much common…
we are looking for a change… if u happen to come to Delhi.. please let me know…

would like to know if your name rumi is a pen name ( takhalus ) ?

inder salim is my conceptual name… we both know how much these two religions have a shared past and a histroy of conflict…

i have really enjoyed your blog

best of wishes

with lot of love
to the people of pakistan and you, your friends and family

inder salim

Mehrgarh excavations continue despite all odds; and there is much more hidden under the rugged, topograhic layers of Baluchistan. Saw this figurine (on the right) and found it most fascinating. JB, my friend who introduced me to this new discovery suggested that I should use it in a painting (noting my new interest in the medium).

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Found these translations of two Hindi poems on Annie Zaidi’s blog. These poems were published in a collection of poetry in entitled ‘Das Baras – Hindi Kavita Ayodhya Ke Baad’.

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I looked at your blog and thank you for your story. It can make mutual understanding among all people of the world.

My name is Lendy Widayana (M), i am independent photojournalist from IndonesiaDiscovery, Indonesia. I would like to build a friendship with all photo journalist. And maybe someday you will visit to our country, we are welcome for that.

Unfortunately, my photo blog is in Bahasa. But for the pictures you can browse it all
through the http://photojournalist.wordpress.com
best regards

HUR left this poem on my blog in response to my post on Bangladesh and Bengali art. This is a moving poem with tender moments – much like the water colour strokes. Yet, it has a strong after-effect. Here it is: Click here >>

And, yet ki janaa mein kaun? for I do not recognize myself…

————–You are a soul to preach humanism and salvation. —————————————-

I am grateful to Nabeela Apa – our dear friend – for sending the link to this story published in the New York Observer. Apparently, Huma Abedin is an energetic and trusted associate of Hillary Clinton. She is media shy and works in the background to manage the campaign of the Presidential candidate. This is what the NY Observer had to say: Read it here >>

The Center for Cultural Heritage conservation and Mangement at NCA, Lahore. We the first group of M.Phil students are all sensitive to the complex Heritage issues around us and we are also in the process of developing systems, procedures, and guidelines of Heritage preservation and conservation

Empathy may help us work better : with Stakeholders and make us understand the diversity of ethnic groups and intricate and dynamic social fabric we live in, we need to bring a change in our attitudes so that we can guide significant people to understand the processes of Heritage Conservation and Management in Pakistan

“Perhaps Maqbool Fida Husain could take some solace in the knowledge that in his being lambasted for painting Hindu goddesses, he has joined the ranks of one of the greatest of Renaissance artists, Michelangelo, whose painting of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican in 1512 left the world speechless with astonishment…” More here

Having spent some weeks in Bangladesh, I ventured to closely observe the folk motifs in Bengali art. I had always admired the simplicity and the colours of these powerful lines. With my new-found passion, I am daring to use bits of this style.

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