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Usha's Dream

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रात के ख्वाब सुनाएं किस को रात के ख्वाब सुहाने थे

Rat Ke Khwab Sunayen Kis Ko Rat Ke Khwab Suhane The

Ibn-e-Insha
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रात के ख्वाब सुनाए किस को रात के ख्वाब सुहाने थे| धुंधले धुंधले चेहरे थे पर सब जाने पहचाने थे|

जिद्दी वहशी अल्हड़ चंचल मीठे लोग रसीले लोग, होंठ उन के ग़ज़लों के मिसरे आंखों में अफ़साने थे|

ये लड़की तो इन गलियों में रोज़ ही घूमा करती थी, इस से उन को मिलना था तो इस के लाख बहाने थे|

हम को सारी रात जगाया जलते बुझते तारों ने, हम क्यूं उन के दर पे उतरे कितने और ठिकाने थे|

वहशत की उन्वान हमारी इन में से जो नार बनी, देखेंगे तो लोग कहेंगे 'इन्शा' जी दीवाने थे|

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Ibn-e-Insha

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Ibn-e-Insha

1927 · 1978

Sher Muhammad Khan, immortalized under the pen name Ibn-e-Insha, was a literary wanderer who observed the world with a brilliant mix of deep melancholy and razor sharp wit. Born in 1927 in the Jalandhar district of Punjab, he migrated to Pakistan and became one of the most beloved Urdu poets and travelogue writers of his generation. His most famous ghazal Insha Ji Utho Ab Kooch Karo carries an overwhelming sense of world weariness and final departure, sung beautifully by generations of classical vocalists. Yet, alongside this intense sorrow, he authored travelogues filled with hilarious, biting satire that dissected human follies across the globe. He served in the United Nations, traveling extensively before his premature death in London in 1978. He remains the poet of the restless soul, wrapping profound existential grief inside breathtaking lyrical beauty.

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Usha's Dream

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Usha's Dream

This evocative work captures a profound moment from the Puranic tales, where the princess Usha finds herself visited in a dream by Aniruddha, the grandson of Lord Krishna. Raja Ravi Varma masterfully portrays the ethereal quality of this visitation, as the ghostly, diaphanous figure of the divine lover leans over the slumbering princess. The painting hums with the quiet intensity of longing and the blurring lines between mortal sleep and celestial connection. It remains a testament to Varma's unique ability to weave classical Sanskrit mythology into the visual language of the nineteenth century, forever immortalizing the tender vulnerability of a soul dreaming of its beloved.

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