ASAD - 101

Originally posted on rec.music.indian.misc in 1997

It's incredible that the series has completed the 100 article mark ...

Don't you frown and start doubting my modesty :-) let me complete ...

It's incredible that the series has completed the 100 article mark ... without devoting a single article to a Shayar, without whom any discussion on Ghazal would be incomplete !

Hence let me devote a few articles on this great personality of GHazal. Usually, I discuss a poet only for 3 consecutive articles. To remedy the lack of discussion on this Shayar till now, I will devote more than 3.

I would begin with a sher by him, which is used in the begining of the titles of many (all ?) films produced by Nasir Hussain.

kya husn ne samjha hai, kya ishq ne jaanaa hai
hum KHaak-nashinoN ki, THokar me zamaanaa hai !

A thundering sher, no doubt ! It's also one of the many many many famous and often quoted shers by this genius. Come to think of it, I think, only GHalib would outnumber him in that aspect.

Many of you must have guessed the name of the shayar. This is such a famous sher. But it's possible, that some haven't ! For them, let me build the suspense :-) See you tomorrow friends .....

- Abhay.
ASAD _also_ stands for "A Sher A Day" !