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WHY I LIKE URDU POETRY OTHER THAN ANY OTHER FORM OF POETRY?

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First of all, A word of notice.  दुनिया ने तेरी याद से बेगाना कर दिया तुझ से भी दिल-फ़रेब हैं ग़म रोज़गार के ~ FAIZ So, there are some regular readers of my blog. And with some deep regret, and a feeling of sadness, a sort of like, when a child has to go to school and with an eye of sadness, he looks at his toys and says, "Goodbye, I will meet you after 2:30 PM", I will also have to tell you people that this will be the last blog of mine after which I will stop, halt for some time, since the pressures of exam has got the best of me, and I think this is the right time to cut all ties and sit down and do your Rozgar.  I plead guilty. I really enjoyed writing them and if you say, using second law of dialectics, I could actually see the change in quantity being manifested in my quality of writing over these 4-5 months.  I will start, probably now, after I end this cycle this year. Let's see when it happens. If you are my well-wisher, you will want that I come back to my blogs...

ZEN KOANS: THE OLD LADY AND THE STRAIGHT PATH TO TANZAAN SHRINE

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सबसे पहले जो छोड़ा तुमने, वही रास्ता सही था, जिसको तुमने मूर्ख जाना, वही सही आदमी था | There is a Zen story. There was a wanderer Zen monk who asked an old lady, "What is the way of TANZAAN Shrine?"  The old lady replied, "Keep moving in the straightest path you know and keep moving till you reach there, there are no bends in the way to Tanzaan!"  This, the monk started moving. Then the old Lady murmured, "This monk will also reach Tanzaan temple, not the ultimate Tanzaan!"  Master Joshu heard this line and wanted to test the lady. Joshu asked her, "Where is the path to Sumiyoshi Taisha shrine?"  The old lady replied, "Keep moving in the straightest path you know and keep moving till you reach there, there are no bends in the way to Tanzaan!"  Joshu wrote in his memoir, "The old lady knew the path, she was already present at all the Shrines I know and probably where I have not been as well!"  The problem with people everywhe...