ROZ EK SHER

हमने रो-रो के रात काटी हैं
आँसुओं पर यह रंग तब आया
-असर लखनवी

humne ro-ro ke raat kaatii hain
aansuon par yah rang tab aayaa
-Asar Lakhnavi

I have spent many anguished nights crying
This has turned my tears into blood

English translation by Manish Modi
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ARYANS AND BRITISH INDIA
By Prof Thomas Trautmann
'New Perspectives on Indian Pasts' Series
2006     235 x 155 mm     260 pp
Paperback     Rs. 295