Pakistan India Friendship poster by Ahsan Javed, Hyderabad, Pakistan

-------------May God Bless Both Countries!

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Ahsan Javed, a member of OurMehfil, who is studying Pharamcy wishes for peace and friendship between the two nations India and Pakistan.

He made this thoughtful composition and attached the following message below for everybody.

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"Jaisa daish hai Tera, Waisa daish hai Mere "

"
Us bai intihaa nafrat ki

Koe aisi majbooriyan nhe

Hai sarhadain qn

Jab dilon main dooriyan nhe



Kitnai saal tak hum

Aik doojai kai sae thai

Parchaeyan ban kar chalai

Hamesha, kab parae thai

Hain badlai ki huqumatain qn ?

Jb dilon main manzooriyan nhe



Hain sarhdain qn

Jb dilon main duriyan nhe

Hum sai he banai hain hindu

Hum sai he hain musalman

Pher qn hain aik doojai kai seenai

Hain hum nai hathiyar tanai

Hain sarhdain qn

Jb dilon main doriyan nhe""

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Hyderabad, Pakistan

Hyderabad is the second largest city in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in the country. The city was founded in 1768 by Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro upon the ruins of a Mauryan fishing village along the bank of the Indus known as Neroon Kot. Formerly the capital of Sindh, it serves as the headquarters of the district of Hyderabad.

Before the creation of Pakistan, it was known as the Paris of India, for its roads used to be washed with river water.

Chutney from West Indies

Is this the kind of music Shiv digs?

How many of you like or have heard chutney?



Late last year when I was returning from NY I met a guy at the airport. He looked like someone from the subcontinent but had a real wierd accent (you never know who youl'll bump into NY :) )



Turned out he was from Trinidad ...



Among other things we discussed chutney of old days...I'm not sure if anybody hears it or heard it in OurMehfil


Some examples, tell me what you think of it :)

Best heard with head-phones...be careful otherwise members of your family will be wondering whats going on.

Little bit about about the composer Sundar popo of Monkey Town, Barrackpore, Trinidad & Tobago:

Sundar Popo (born Sunilal Popo Bahora, 4 November 1943, Monkey Town, Barrackpore, Trinidad & Tobago, died 2 May 2000) was a Chutney musician from Trinidad and Tobago. He popularised Chutney music, beginning with his 1970 hit Nana and Nani.

Popo grew up in a musical family. Both his parents were musicians; his mother was a singer and his father was an accomplished tassa drummer. At the age of 15, he began singing at bhajans at church and weddings in his hometown of Monkey Town. Bahora worked as a watchman at a Barrackpore factory, and trained under Ustad James Ransawak. In 1969, at a mattikoor in Princes Town, he met Moean Mohammed, a radio host and promoter. After listening to "Nani and Nana", a song with lyrics in both Hindi and English, describing the affairs of an Indian grandmother and grandfather, Mohammed got maestro Harry Mahabir to record the song at Television House, accompanied by the BWIA National Indian Orchestra. The song revolutionized East Indian music in Trinidad & Tobago.






















Craig this one for you (this ones very popular):

Arsi gets his MPhil Degree

Proud day for OurMehfil family as Arsi gets his well earned M.Phil degree (Karachi)

Left: Provincial Minister of Education
Centre: Vice Chancellor
Right: Arsalan