Iztiraab, a blog by Yahiya Ibrahim & Saad Inshrah (12)
Sunday, 30 January 2022 14:55
The Path to Selfdom by Itself Is You : A free translation of Naeem Akhtar Awan's ‘Khudi Ka Khud Hi Hai Rasta Tu’
Transliteration of the original text Hamari Aankhein, Dil o Nigah Tu Khudi ka Khud Hi Hai Raasta Tu Huwa Hun Tab Se Maen Laapata Sa Pata Chal Jab Mera Pata Tu Sujood tujh ko, ae dil ke malik Tu Kaa’ba Mera Sanam Khuda Tu Laga Ke Daaman Pe Daagh e Ulfat Kahan Chala Hai ae Paarsa Tu Nahin hoon maen kuch siwae tere Faqeer e Gham Ka Hai Aasra Tu Hamara Kya hai Naeem, Hum Mein Na jaane Nadaan, Na Samjha Kya Tu Translation in English My eyes, the heart and vision is You. The path to selfdom by itself…
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Saturday, 25 December 2021 20:18
FACEBOOK POEMS
S. M. Yahiya Ibrahim Facebook Poems Facebook Poem (01) On the dining table a woman is serving ‘biryani’ in my plate. Another woman is searching the body of her dead man in the Rohingya forest. My fingers are continuously slipping through the screen of my cell phone. Her ten or perhaps eleven years old son gasps for breath. An injured daughter is screaming on her shoulders. I posted a crying emoji on that Facebook video and got up from the chair. My friends must be waiting at our highway adda. Late at night when I shall come back I will…
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Sunday, 05 September 2021 23:37
Role of a Teacher in Life
Role of a Teacher in Life Dr. S. M. Yahiya Ibrahim (This is a talk delivered on All India Radio, Jamshedpur on the occasion of Teacher's Day 5th September 2021) Here goes a famous Japanese proverb; “Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a good teacher”. Teachers, without doubt, are a major support system for our life. They can be our role models, mentors, motivators, influencers, prompters, delegators, demonstrators as well as instructors, tutors, resource managers and counselors. Of course their primary role is to deliver instructions, impart lessons and teach the curriculum inside the…
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Monday, 03 May 2021 22:20
The On-Going Crisis, Measures Taken by The Government and The Psychological Impact on Common People.
Every crisis reveals the reality. It also reveals our resourcefulness and readiness for a demanding situation. The second wave of COVID-19 has exposed glaring gaps in the country’s health infrastructure and the government’s preparedness in dealing with a crisis that came with enough warning signs. It is saddening to see how people are struggling to get the basic medical needs. Patients, relatives, and hospitals have been desperately scrambling for oxygen. Patients under home isolation are facing difficulties to get oxygen cylinders, and the price of refilling a cylinder or renting an oxygen concentrator have also been manipulated and hiked up.…
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Friday, 20 November 2020 20:40
SEEING COVID 19 AS A VOICE OF RESILIENCE AND RESISTANCE: AN ECOCRITICAL APPROACH
SEEING COVID 19 AS A VOICE OF RESILIENCE AND RESISTANCE: AN ECOCRITICAL APPROACH Dr. S M Yahiya Ibrahim A lecture delivered online under the aegis of ARKA Jain University, Jamshedpur on 25th July 2020 The continents blasted Cities and little towns, Everything become a scorched, blackened ball The news we hear is full of grief for that future But the real news inside here Is that there is no news at all. (Rumi) Pandemics, in human history, have always created not one but many crises. The present threat of Covid 19 is no exception. On one hand it has created…
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Thursday, 12 November 2020 21:20
THE DICHOTOMIC VISION: A 21ST CENTURY ANALYSIS OF THE AMERICAN DREAM AND THE DREAM OF MARTIN LUTHER KING
A lecture delivered online under the aegis of Karimpur Pannadevi College, Karimpur, Nadia, West Bengal on 22nd July 2020 This is a difficult time for dreamers. This is a suitable time to asses that what has happened to those dreams that were envisioned for the humanity at large. Much has been said about the American Dream. Over the years, or centuries rather, the American politicians are talking about it, the American philosophers have propounded its several theories, and the nation builders of America attempted to turn this dream into reality. The singers, from Neil Diamond to Tania Tucker celebrated it.…
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Thursday, 12 November 2020 20:39
Liberation
My heart, is now blind,It fails to see anything kind.I'm not cowering from strife,I wish to only fast-forward life.Relentless currents have been pulling me down,Every time I've been trying not to drown.All I desire is a moment of release,Only a second and nothing more to seize.With every strife I steadily grow weary,There's nothing in sight save misery.If time is something I could forfeit,I would forfeit all in a heartbeat.My legacy is not a story,Still strangers spin it callously.No regret is worth any pain,No one lasts forever in the rain.When the dust settles in the evening,To finally be nothing is liberating.…
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Friday, 30 October 2020 19:01
Consequences of COVID19 Lockdown on Students.
COVID19, the Lockdown and the Trauma of Online Classes: A Student Perspective: It was 11th of March, 2020 when World Health Organisation (WHO) declared COVID 19, a pandemic. In most of the countries, lockdown was imposed to curb the spread of this highly contagious disease. The Government of India also decided to impose lockdown. On 24th March, 2020 the Central Government ordered a nationwide lockdown for 21 days. Civilians were ordered not to come out of their homes and follow social distancing. Every day to day activity was impacted and so was the education sector. The students were initially happy…
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Sunday, 06 September 2020 20:59
Hobe Na (2)
Hobe Na (2) Yahiya Ibrahim When a son refused to do the last rites of his father you ask me to write a dirge on Corona, hobe na. When both the parents turned Covid positives and the grand parents did not allow their two and half year grandson to enter their house you ask me to write a thernody on Corona, hobe na. When the son and his wife turned the old woman out on the streets of Mumbai you ask me to write a monody on Corona, hobe na. When a burial is refused and a funeral is denied…
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Wednesday, 19 August 2020 22:44
Hobe Na (1)
Hobe Na (1) When I am asked to show a paper proving that I am not an outsider, you tell me to write a poem on Corona, hobe na. When I am compelled to throw my tomatoes, to spill my milk, and to drink pesticides, you tell me to write a short story on Corona, hobe na. Unable to join the online class, when my daughter is forced to suicide, you tell me to write an play on Corona, hobe na. When I am refused to get admission in the hospital, you tell me to write an essay on Corona,…
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Friday, 14 August 2020 22:03
Kisi Dardmand Ke Kaam Aa (Serve the One in Distress)
Serve the One in Distress A free translation of 'kisi dardmand ke kaam aa' The greatest contribution of Sufism to literature, however, is poetry. Sufi poetry is the hymn in praise of God or the seer, expressed in chains of repetitions. The mystics also contributed largely to the development of national and regional literatures, for they had to convey their message to the masses in their own languages: Turkish, Persian, Arabic, languages of Central Asian countries, Urdu, Sindhi, Punjabi and several other languages of South Asia. The first true religious poetry was written by the Sufis who blended classical Islamic…
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Friday, 14 August 2020 21:37
Migrant (1)
Me too, a migrant. Though I live in my own country. Endless similarities, we have. You and I. Endless legacies we share. You and I. Boundless aspirations we long. You and I. Boundless dreams we desire. You and I. But Still on my horses back, I carry an elephant full of misdeeds, which my ancestors did. You say so ... I still carry the smell of Arabia, the odours of Central Asia, and the stink of invader’s blood. Though the great great grand father of my great grand father, generations ago, did ablutions from the water of Ganges at Maner…
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