ROZ EK SHER

रो रहे हैं दोस्त मेरी लाश पे बेअख़्तियार
ये नहीं दरियाफ़्त करते किसने इनकी जान ली

ro rahe hain dost merii laash pe beakhtiyaar
ye nahiin dariyaaft karte kisne inkii jaan lii

My friends are crying helplessly over my dead body,
Instead of finding out who murdered me.

Sher contributed by Vijayalakshmi Modi

_________


Book of the day

HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS IN INDIA
A Cultural Psychiatry Retrospective
By Horacio Fabrega Jr.
Indian Medical Tradition, Vol. 10
2009     245 x 165 mm     743 pages
Hardcover     Rs. 1695

ROZ EK SHER

वक़्त के साथ बदलना तो बहुत आसाँ था
मुझसे हर लम्हा मुख़ातिब रही ग़ैरत मेरी
~ अमीर क़ज़लबाश

waqt ke saath badalnaa to bahut aasaan thaa
mujhse har har lamhaa mukhaatib rahii ghairat merii
~ Amir Qazalbash

Changing with the times was very easy
But each moment, I had to confront my pride

_________

Books of the day


HISTORY OF CIVILISATIONS OF CENTRAL ASIA

Rs. 1800 Vol. 1 The Dawn of Civilisation {Earliest Times - 700 BCE}

Rs. 1800 Vol. 2 The Development of Sedentary and Nomadic
Civilisation {700 BCE - 250 CE}

Rs. 1800 Vol. 3 The Crossroads of Civilisations {250 - 750 CE}

Rs. 3600 Vol. 4 The Achievements {750 - 1500 CE} (Set of 2 books)

Rs. 1800 Vol. 5 Development in Contrast {1501 - 1850 CE}
========
Rs.10800 for the set. Postage free in India
========

ROZ EK SHER

हाथों की लकीरों में ही जब न हो वजूद किसी का
जोड़ें भी तो जोड़ें तक़दीरें कोई कैसे?
- मुन्तज़िर

haathon kii lakiiron mein hii jab na ho vajuud kisii kaa
jodein bhii to jodein taqdiirein koii kaise?
- Muntazir

When destiny does not will it,
How can I connect our lives?

Sher contributed by Muntazir

__________


Book of the day


BUSINESS ETHICS
The Right Way to Riches
By Prof. Arthur Dobrin
Published by Hindi Granth Karyalay
First edition 2007
Third Revised edition 2009
220 x 140 mm     148 pages
978-81-88769-26-1     Paperback     Rs. 200

ROZ EK SHER

दिल की ज़िद इसलिये रख ली कि आ जाये क़रार
कल ये कुछ और कहेगा ये मुझे मालूम न था
~ आरज़ू लखनवी

dil kii zid isliye rakh lii thii ki aa jaaye qaraar
kal ye kuchh aur kahegaa ye mujhe maaluum na thaa
~ Arzu Lakhnavi

I had followed my heart's insistence, to get some respite.
I did not know that it would change its tune the next day

Sher contributed by Vijayalakshmi Modi

________


Book of the day

BUSINESS ETHICS
The Right Way to Riches
By Prof. Arthur Dobrin
Published by Hindi Granth Karyalay
2009     220 x 140 mm     148 pages
978-81-88769-26-1     Paperback     Rs. 200

ROZ EK SHER

वो फ़िराक़ और वो विसाल कहाँ
वो शबो-रोज़ो-माहो-साल कहाँ
- ग़ालिब

vo firaaq aur vo visaal kahaan
vo shabo-rozo-maaho-saal kahaan
- Ghalib

Where is that separation, that coming together..
Where are those nights, days, months and years?

Sher contributed by Samyak Modi

____________

Book of the day

URDU - HINDI KOSH
A Dictionary of Urdu - Hindi, printed in Devanagari
Ed. by Acarya Ramacandra Varmma
First published in 1936
19th edition, 2007
Urdu
Hindi
Dictionary
Devanagari script
2007 220 mm x 140 mm 360 pages
Hardcover Rs. 150