Mauj-e-Saraab (Waves of Illusion)

<span id="docs-internal-guid-efe31a1b-7fff-2ead-d847-52d6551a70b9"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4438665866851805;margin-left: 0.48999977111816406pt;margin-right: 201.11529541015625pt;text-indent: 0.16199874877929688pt;text-align: justify;margin-top:2.329986572265625pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Poetry is not merely a play of words but a serious spiritual exercise whose very being is pledged to the&nbsp; comprehension of the self and the universe. Good poetry is not possible in the absence of the flame of&nbsp; love because it is this light that tears apart the mist of obscurity surrounding the secrets of the universe.&nbsp; Shorn of the mist, the details become vibrant and the poet becomes aware of the enigma of reality.&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4438665866851805;margin-left: 0.625pt;margin-right: 201.21087646484375pt;text-indent: 0.9720001220703125pt;margin-top:5.167999267578125pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tishnagi: The Thirst</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Minu’s first book, garnered her unstinting praise from connoisseurs of Urdu poetry&nbsp; and hardened critics as well.&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4438665866851805;margin-left: 0.13899993896484375pt;margin-right: 201.1683349609375pt;text-indent: -0.4589996337890625pt;text-align: justify;margin-top:5.167999267578125pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.4589996337890625pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mauj-e-Saraab (Waves of Illusion)</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, her second book of Urdu ghazals, is a manifestation of the various hues&nbsp; of the pageant of love and passion. It is the figurative expression of the tableaux of worldly spectacles&nbsp; that according to her is nothing but waves of illusion, while the reality is far beyond the purview of&nbsp; the physical eye. </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mauj-e-Saraab </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">includes transliterations in Urdu, Hindi and English with translation&nbsp; of the ghazals in English by Nyla Daud.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4438665866851805;margin-top:5.167999267578125pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Minu Bakshi’s poetry from </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tishnagi </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mauj-e-Saraab </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is a saga of love. It is the expression of her journey,&nbsp; from the body to the soul. Hence, it displays the hues of material love and passion along with true&nbsp; lofty love. Thus, she should neither be taken merely as a painter of human relationships, nor simply&nbsp; as an illustrator of spiritualistic values. Instead she should be taken as a translator of both notions.&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:3.167999267578125pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></p><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div></span>