Adil Najam Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi died today. I learnt of his demise from Sabahat Zakariya’s blog Silsala-e-Mah-o-Saal, which also reminded me of that very apt verse from Qasmi sahib: KouN kehta hai kay mout aa-ayee tou marr jaouN ga Mein tou darya houN, samandar meiN uttar jaouN ga [Who says that I woudl die on […]
Adil Najam A whole new generation has rediscovered Bulleh Shah. That is good. Much of the credit for this rediscovery goes to the ‘sufi rock’ band Junoon and, more recently to the New Delhi singer Rabbi Shergill, and most importantly to the magnetic simplicity of ‘Bulla, ki jaanan mein koun.’ (I guess, Abida Parveen did […]
Adil Najam The very first blogpost on ATP was the video tribute to Pakistan I had made using Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s classic poem ‘hum daikhain gay…’ This was not just blatant self-projection — although it was that too. It was an expression of my hopes and concerns, an acknowledgement of my gratitude to Faiz’s poetry, […]
