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Dear 'Befikre' Or 'Ghaafil', You've Got A Message From Faiz & Iqbal

Dear 'Befikre' Or 'Ghaafil', You've Got A Message From Faiz & Iqbal

FromUrdunama


Dear 'Befikre' Or 'Ghaafil', You've Got A Message From Faiz & Iqbal

FromUrdunama

ratings:
Length:
13 minutes
Released:
Aug 29, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

'Ghaflat' and 'Taghaful' mean 'carelessness' or 'ignorance'. In Urdu poetry, it is the poet's lover who is usually guilty of this and hence is called a 'ghaafil' - someone who is oblivious of the poet's feelings.

However, Faiz Ahmad Faiz and Allama Iqbal have a different point of view. For them there are different reasons for the built-up of 'taghaful - one says its 'laziness', the other feels its 'arrogance' or 'indifference'.

Tune in to know what is it that makes us 'befikre'.

Host, Writer and Sound Designer: Fabeha Syed
Editor: Shelly Walia
Music: Big Bang Fuzz
Released:
Aug 29, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Bollywood tunes make compulsive hummers out of us. But wait, do you know the meaning of every word you hum? Especially the ones in Urdu? Urdunama, with @FabehaSyed, takes one word at a time and we slice and dice it for you.