Partition was a total catastrophe for Delhi,’ she said. ‘Those who were left behind are in misery. Those who were uprooted are in misery. The Peace of Delhi is gone. Now it is all gone.
William DalrympleStichwörter: travel india delhi urdu
The mere mention of the Farakka Express, which jerks its way eastward each day from Delhi to Calcutta, is enough to throw even a seasoned traveller into fits of apoplexy. At a desert encampment on Namibia's Skeleton Coast, a hard-bitten adventurer had downed a peg of local fire-water then told me the tale. Farakka was a ghost train, he said, haunted by ghouls, Thuggees, and thieves. Only a passenger with a death wish would go anywhere near it.
Tahir ShahStichwörter: travel ghosts india delhi calcutta farakka-express
Dying is not a solution.. I want to live with You..!
K.Hari KumarStichwörter: love true-love fiction islam muslim cinema india bollywood urban-fiction delhi madras k-hari-kumar brahmin chennai iyer pathan vinnaithandi-varuvaaya when-strangers-meet
Once through this ruined city did I pass
I espied a lonely bird on a bough and asked
‘What knowest thou of this wilderness?’
It replied: 'I can sum it up in two words:
‘Alas, Alas!
Stichwörter: poetry delhi urdu mir-taqi-mir
I am back in my beloved city. The scene of desolation fills my eyes with tears. At every step my distress and agitation increases. I cannot recognize houses or landmarks I once knew well. Of the former inhabitants, there is no trace. Everywhere there is a terrible emptiness. All at once I find myself in the quarter where I once resided. I recall the life I used to live: meeting friends in the evening, reciting poetry, making love, spending sleepless nights pining for beautiful women and writing verses on their long tresses which held me captive. That was life! What is there left of it? Nothing.
Khushwant SinghStichwörter: loss delhi devastation mir-taqi-mir
If Allah has willed it that way... He must have better plans for you child...
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