Tā ki tujh par khule ejāz-e-havā-e-saiqal
So, after parting's copious tears, it is for me to dieīaḳhshe hai jalva-e-gul zauq-e-tamāshā 'ġhālib'Ĭhashm ko chāhiye har rañg meñ vā ho jaanā Kyuuñ hai gard-e-rah-e-jaulān-e-sabā ho jaanāĪs after springtime's shower is, the clearing of the sky Gar nahīñ nik.hat-e-gul ko tire kūche kī havas Why in the path of bounding breeze, like dust does it remain If fragrance of the flower's not, desirous of your lane Rote rote ġham-e-furqat meñ fanā ho jaanā Hai mujhe abr-e-bahārī kā baras kar khulnā Has now become a torture like, nails from one's flesh to part Thoughts of your hennaed fingers to uproot from this mine heart Twas only then that I believed, water can turn to airĭil se miTnā tirī añgusht-e-hinā.ī kā ḳhayāl
Infirmity replaced my tears, with sighs full of despair Zo.af se girya mubaddal ba-dam-e-sard huā Her to become so hostile to her followers this way? Now even from torture deprived, Lord mercy on me pray In trying to undo the knot, it got completely frayedĪb jafā se bhī haiñ mahrūm ham allāh allāh The struggle to resolve its woes, my weakened heart unmade MiT gayā ghisne meñ is uqde kā vā ho jaanā
Lock's shackle and body's akin, to meeting in our fateĪs soon as everything aligns, we're bound to separateĭil huā kasmakash-e-chāra-e-zehmat meñ tamām Tujh se qismat meñ mirī sūrat-e-qufl-e-abjad When pain exceeds all bounds becomes, itself the remedy To be consumed by oceans is the droplet's ecstasy Ishrat-e-qatra hai dariyā meñ fanā ho jaanā Her female characters in her stories are portrayed as strong, independent individuals, breaking old habits and emerging and creating an image of 'a new woman'. Sexual, emotional, mental and economic exploitation had placed women in an extremely weak position in Indian society. Through the subject matter of her narratives, Bhandari highlighted the struggles and difficulties women constantly encountered. Narratives and stories mostly dealt with the relationship between sexes, gender inequality and equality as a new class of working and educated women had emerged then.īhandari was one of those post-Independence writers who portrayed women under a new light, as independent and intellectual individuals. This demanded new debates, new opinions and new points of view, provided by those who were part of the Nayi Kahaani movement, including Bhandari. Starting in the 1950s, a newly independent India was going through societal transformations like urbanization and industrialization. She was often credited as one of the pioneers of the Nayi Kahaani Movement, a Hindi literary movement initiated by authors including Nirmal Verma, Rajendra Yadav, Bhisham Sahni, Kamleshwar, etc. She was most known for her two Hindi novels, Banti and Mahabhoj. Mannu Bhandari (3 April 1931 – 15 November 2021) was an Indian author, whose work dates up to late 1950s - early 1960s. Ft Namwar Singh, Rajendra Yadav, Rachna Yadav, Pratibha Agrawal etc