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The story of Blaghal ula Bekamalihi

  Blaghal-ula-bikamilhi is a very popular verse in Indian sub-continent. It was written in the form of rubai by Sheikh Saadi Shirazi.   Later on it was adopted by musician of Indian sub-continent when they performed it in the form of qwwali. It was first performed by great qwwals “sabri brothers” late Sabri Brothers, Ghulam Farid Sabri (1930-1994) and Maqbool Ahmed Sabri (1945-2011), from Pakistan in the form of qwwali. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWahjPdjop4 And then the world’s greatest qwwal “nusrat fateh ali khan” also performed it in their mesmerizing voice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrmBSvaBUY8 The best version of this qwwali is (in the sense of modern audio quality) is Abida Parveen’s (queen of Sufi music) performance for coke studio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYPWLlfD05Q Abida Praveen   This is sung by almost every “naatkhawan” (naat means poetry in the praise of Prophet Mohammad (P.B.U.H) and natkhawan is the person who read naats) of In...
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Mahakta Aachal: A digest or a healing drug?

  November 1999 Edition of Mahakta Aanchal, Photo by @ababeelclicks   When I was a child the first digest I was acquainted with was “Mahakta Aanchal”.  A digest that was famous among ladies so much. People were crazy for it and they still are. I can recall the memory when my aunt had many of these Digests, and I could say those were read by many other ladies.  Mahakta Aanchal is such a drug that people fear if they start to read they will be addicted to it. There is madness for it. A person could forget everything for it. If a person buys a copy of this digest it cannot be limited to that person, it will go into the hands of many people. If a person buys it, it will be read by a minimum of 10 people, and it will go minimum of 10 houses. I have 11 editions of Mahakta Aanchal, and I can say these have been read by everyone in my family, every friend or relative of my family members, who read it. People especially ask their knowns if they have old editions of these Di...
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What is Naswar and Why Pashtoon Consume Naswar too much?

  It is said that literature is the mirror of society but in modern times, cinema has taken the place of literature and cinema has become the mirror of society. However, cinema could not be the right mirror of society because cinema makers need to maintain their financial interest and in doing so they compromise the actual image of mirror and show misinterpreted facts. When we watch cinema of our country we can detect the mistakes in cinema when it is about our society but when we watch the cinema of another country we generally assume that they are showing the right facts about their society. Recently, I watched a very popular series of Pakistan “ Suno Chanda ” which is a rom-com family drama and available on YouTube. It was recommended by YouTube, friends, and “khuda aur Muhabbat’s” comment section. I enjoyed it a lot and learned many things about Pakistan; for example- its geography, states, their languages, and culture including the introduction of “naswar”.  Drama s...
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