"Tum mere paas raho" Why Faiz will always stay with me by Dr Saif Mahmood at The Attic, 36, Regal Building, CP > 6:30pm on 25th April 2013

Time : 6:30 pm

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)

Place : The Attic, 36, Regal Building, Connaught Place, New Delhi-110001 
Landmark : On Parliament Street close to 'The Shop' showroom & next to the 'Kwality' restaurant
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Metro : Nearest Metro Station - 'Rajiv Chowk' (Yellow Line and Blue Line)

Event Description : 'Monthly Monologue: Why it Speaks to Me?'
“Tum mere paas raho” – Why Faiz will always stay with me by Dr Saif Mahmood.
The uniqueness of Faiz lies in his being both a revolutionary and a romantic at the same time. His voice was a voice of dissent – both in revolution and romance. The canvas of Faiz’s poetry is, therefore, enormous and has something to offer to everyone – a persecuted citizen, a disgruntled litigant, a fallen lover and even an entire deprived nation. In this talk, Dr Saif Mahmood will attempt to encompass this wide and diverse panorama of Faiz and tell us what Faiz has to offer to his readers and why he is indispensable. In doing so, he will also recite some poems in Faiz’s own characteristic style.

Dr. Saif Mahmood is a New Delhi-based litigating and corporate lawyer, holding a doctorate in Comparative Constitutional Laws in South Asia. He speaks and writes on diverse issues ranging from law to literature. Founder of the online group, South Asian Alliance for Literature, Art & Culture (SAALARC), he remembers most of his Ghalib, Iqbal and Faiz by heart, recites them effortlessly and translates them into English cautiously.
Saif blogs on besabab.wordpress.com and is currently writing a series on the Urdu poets of Delhi titled “Dilli jo ek sheher tha”.

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