mois shaikh on March 10, 2011
thanks really new version

samarjitacharjee on March 10, 2011
@mois1517 Thank you for the comment :)

TheUma2000 on April 19, 2011
I want to dedicate this ghuzal to my home town LAHORE. My dream land..!!!

RAASTAY YAAD NHEEN, rah-numa yaad nheen...KUCHH MUJHAY UB teri gulion k siva yaad nheen...Day SUKAY TOO meray juzbaat ko ta'na jiska...MUJHKO AISI TAU koi upni khuta yaad nheen...DOOR REH KER BHI TERI YAAD KO POOJA MEIN NAY...PHIR NA KEHNA MUJHAY AADAAB-E-WAFA YAAD NHEEN...yaad kya aa'ain WOH BEETAY HO'AY SAAWEN MUJHKO...mein woh punchhi houn jisay UPNI SUDA YAAD NHEEN...KUCHH MUJHAY UB teri gulion k siva yaad nheen...

S Qasim Hasan Zaidi on April 20, 2011
@TheUma2000 Nice ghazal; thanks for sharing.

samarjitacharjee on April 20, 2011
@TheUma2000 Very poignant dedication to the city you love. Thank you so
much for looking up my uploads. Let me upload something else now, hope
you'd like it as well.

TheUma2000 on April 20, 2011
You have picked an appropriate word to understand my feelings. I have lost all relations. The great sorrow is existing in my breath but a slight happy feeling is any where in my heart that one day I'll visit my city where i had spent memorable moments with my loved ones. A ray of hope always gives me the courage to smile..!!!

I am always looking forward for your new uploads.
Thanks for your concern.
Best regards for you.

TheUma2000 on April 20, 2011
sir ji.!

This ghuzal is more than a nice ghuzal. Singer is mesmerizing his listeners with the repetition of first line RAASTAY YAAD NHEEN... rah-numa yaad nheen...

Plz listen it again if you get time.
Best regards for you.

S Qasim Hasan Zaidi on April 20, 2011
@TheUma2000 Sha-iri mein aap ki dilchaspi qabil e tahseen hai lekin kuch
cheezon par tavajo furmayen. Aik to aap ghuzal ko ghazal likha karain
dosray ghazal ki bareekion ko samjhnay ke liye ilme arooz, intiqadiat aur
shairy oozaan se mutaaliq kuch basic literature ka mutalia karen ta ke aap
ko alfaaz ki nishat o barkhast aur qafia radeef ki khobsoortiyon ka mazeed
pata chal sakay. Dosray ye ke kuch asaataza maslan Mir, Gjhalib, Momin,
Aatish, Daagh, Hasrat, Iqbaj, Faiz, Faraz, Josh etc.(cont.)

S Qasim Hasan Zaidi on April 20, 2011
@sqhzaidi Ki mashhoor ghazlon ko zaroor parhain. Ye sab karney se ho sakta
hai ke aap ka perception tabdeel ho aur aap ke taste mein aik
Wusaat(expansion) aur maturity aaye. Neez aap foran pehchaan lein gi ke iss
sha-ir ka mayaar kitna baland ya past hai aur iss ne ye khayaal kahan se
borrow kia hai. Shayad aap ne Saghar ki mashoor ghazal, "Hai due yaad magar
harf e dua yaad nahin" bhi suni ho aur aisi darjanon achhi ghazlen. I
appreciate your taste and respect your liking and passion. Thanks

TheUma2000 on April 20, 2011
I had a great opportunity to read urdu literature. I picked urdu literature as an elective subject in my collage days and had a chance to understand its depth. i had also a great opportunity to sit in the class of a legend ILTAF FATIMAH, the famous writer of urdu adab. I felt at that time that no language is more powerful than urdu. Today, i feel that there is no language in this world except urdu. URDU is the language of peace n love.The fragrance of urdu is spreading all around.

TheUma2000 on April 20, 2011
THANK YOU VERY MUCH for your great advises and as the symbol of respect i do agree with you without any arguments. But I want to add one more thing that every individual has his own qualities n no one can measure these qualities without knowing each other. I don't want to exaggerate (as i am a very humble n down to earth person) but can say one thing without hesitation that i can find out thousands of meanings from a single line of poetry. I'm also very good at writing, AZAD NaZMS.

S Qasim Hasan Zaidi on April 20, 2011
@TheUma2000 I am already an admirer of your ability. I have lived my life
in poetry and music, though I am still a learner, as one always remains. My
love for Urdu poetry was so strong that I remembered by heart about three
quarters of Dewan e Ghalib when I was only in class seven. I felt strange
rhythm in it, because I loved music also. Later it was in my college days
that I remembered more than three quarters of all poetry of Ahmed Faraz
which I still do. I love both. Best wishes, Qasim.

TheUma2000 on April 20, 2011
I am taking Your great comments as a greatest reward for me. Your kind n precious words are always a source of encouragement for the students like me. There is no comparison about your great knowledge. I had read all the great kalam n classical urdu literature in a very young age because my father had a huge collection of all these stuff. As result i was so confident in my college days that for my URDU exams never bothered to learn Ash'ars but always wrote down my own ash'ars.

S Qasim Hasan Zaidi on April 20, 2011
@TheUma2000 Please, you know we professors are always in a habit of
suggesting things. But I see a great talent in you and hope you will take
my advice in a positive spirit. Though I am mostly interested in reading
regular poetry, I am highly impressed to know about your skills of writing
AZAD NAZM. Thanks to @samarjitacharjee for providing us an opportunity to
share ideas on poetry music and languages. Will like to remain in contact
with you. Best wishes.

TheUma2000 on April 20, 2011
It would be a great honor for me to share with you. You are a great professor n a great human being as well. A teacher's advise is just like an order for a student... A responsibility to be fulfilled by the student.

S Qasim Hasan Zaidi on April 21, 2011
@samarjitacharjee Thanks for your kind words, Uma. Best wishes.

TheUma2000 on April 25, 2011
KUCHH MUJHAY UB teri gulion k siva yaad nheen.!!!!!!!
everGREEN ghazal.

deepstingingscorpio on July 27, 2011
It's an average ghazal.
this is my own opinion as a poet.
Actually, is ghazal mai shair ny sirf itna kiya hai k jo qafiye sagar ki ghazal main musta'mil hain unhi ko apni
soch aur past tkhyal ki madad-e-by sood sy apni ghazal main thons dia hai.
Is ghazal main misra likh kr hasb zroort qafia nahin likha gya balky qafia utha kr
hasb e zroort misra mukamal kiya gya hai.

S Qasim Hasan Zaidi on July 27, 2011
@deepstingingscorpio It is nice to see your deeply thought out comment and
know that you are a poet, too. Best wishes.

Deepak Puri on August 28, 2011
a very poignant ghazal. one i''ve heard for the first time - and i thought
i've heard them all!!! do you live in calcutta? if so i would like to meet
you - deepak

Deepak Puri on August 28, 2011
@sqhzaidi i am more than impressed. faraz and faiz - new, compared to
masters like ghalib , zouk, momin et all - have expressed such wonderful
sentiments. not to forget faiz. would love to establish contact with you
and like minded persons. - deepak

S Qasim Hasan Zaidi on August 28, 2011
@tollyp79 Dear Deepak, you are most welcome for any exchange of ideas about
poetry. Best wishes.

Ashok Pati on November 19, 2011
Lovely ghazal my a true master.

AQUAAB on April 10, 2012
DOOR REH KAR BHI TERI YAAD KO POOJA MAINE, YE NA KEHNA KE MUJHE ADAB-A-WAFA
YAAD NAHIN !!

muzaffar ahmed on August 16, 2014
who is the poet..???

dilip malgaonkar on September 05, 2015
fantastic