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WORD OF THE DAY
adnaa
- अदना
- ادنیٰ
means
insignificant, petty, trivial
ik lafz-e-mohabbat kā adnā ye fasānā hai
simTe to dil-e-āshiq phaile to zamāna hai
ek lafz-e-mohabbat ka adna ye fasana hai
simTe to dil-e-ashiq phaile to zamana hai
from the Ghazal "ek lafz-e-mohabbat ka adna ye fasana hai" by Jigar Moradabadi
DID YOU KNOW ?
Published under Munshi Sajjad Husain's Editorship from Lucknow the weekly journal Awadh punch (1877-1936) was a milestone in journalism as well as Udru humourous and sarcastic literature. Based on the format of a prominent weekly Journal of England called "Punch", it consisted not only satirical and humourous essays on political and social issues, but also featured political cartoons.
Through this Journal Munshi Sajjad Husain established a character named 'Haji Baghlol'۔ which was an Indian version of "Pick Wick" a character from Charles Dickens novel. This character was a funny looking man who thought of himself as a genius and Jack of all trades. Every week an anecdote of this character's idiocy would be published in the journal and later it was published in the form of a novel. The character became so popular even now the word Baghlol is used to refer to someone silly.
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Famous for his ghazal " ai jazba-e-dil gar main chahun har cheez muqaabil aa jaye" sung by many singers.
dīvāna banānā hai to dīvāna banā de
varna kahīñ taqdīr tamāsha na banā de
diwana banana hai to diwana bana de
warna kahin taqdir tamasha na bana de
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