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	<description>But I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep...</description>
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		<title>साल २०१२</title>
		<link>http://swatisani.net/blog/2012/01/02/year-2012/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=year-2012</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>swatisani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Hindustani poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prose n Poetry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[जब से तुम आये हो ऐ नये साल धूप कहीं खो सी गयी है सुर्ख गुलाब के इंतज़ार की आस भी अब खत्म हो गयी है सितारे दूर नील गगन में धरती को तकते चाँद उदास बेताब बादलों परे बिल्कुल अकेला ऐ नये साल इस बरस तुम कितने फीके हो सतरंगी, पचरंगी वेश छोड क्यों [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ऐ नये साल</title>
		<link>http://swatisani.net/blog/2012/01/01/aye-naye-saal-bata/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=aye-naye-saal-bata</link>
		<comments>http://swatisani.net/blog/2012/01/01/aye-naye-saal-bata/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>swatisani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inspirations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faiz ahmed faiz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ghazal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reflections]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://swatisani.net/blog/?p=2422</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ऐ नये साल बता, तुझ में नयापन क्या है हर तरफ ख़ल्क ने क्यों शोर मचा रखा है रौशनी दिन की वही, तारों भरी रात वही आज हमको नज़र आती है हर बात वही आसमां बढ़ा है अफसोस, ना बढ़ी है जमीं एक हिन्दसे का बढ़ना कोई जिद्दत तो नहीं अगले बरसों की तरह होंगे [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faiz &#8211; Na gavaon navak-e-neemkash</title>
		<link>http://swatisani.net/blog/2011/12/21/faiz-na-gavaon-navak-e-neemkash/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=faiz-na-gavaon-navak-e-neemkash</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>swatisani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inspirations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faiz ahmed faiz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[na gavaon navak]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://swatisani.net/blog/?p=2414</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This ghazal of Faiz Ahmed Faiz is beyond translation but I am attempting it nevertheless. The poem is a statement of politics and struggle of his times. न गवाओं नावके-नीमकश, दिले रेज़ा रेज़ा गवाँ दिया जो बचे हैं संग समेट लो, तने दाग़ दाग़ लुटा दिया मेरे चारगर को नवेद हो सफे दुशमनों को खबर [...]]]></description>
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		<title>मरीचिका</title>
		<link>http://swatisani.net/blog/2011/12/16/marichika/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=marichika</link>
		<comments>http://swatisani.net/blog/2011/12/16/marichika/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>swatisani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Hindustani poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prose n Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[desert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hindi poem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mirage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oasis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[मरीचिका]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://swatisani.net/blog/?p=2405</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[मरीचिका हर तूफान के बाद लहलहने लगती है सुहाने सपनों सी बुलाने लगती है पास, और पास अपने पाँव निर्थरक ही बढ़ उठते हैं उस ओर पर वह परे हटती जाती है और खो जाती है रेत के एक और अंधड में फिर कभी किसी तूफान के बाद आस दिलाने के लिये]]></description>
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		<title>Still I Rise</title>
		<link>http://swatisani.net/blog/2011/11/22/still-i-rise/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=still-i-rise</link>
		<comments>http://swatisani.net/blog/2011/11/22/still-i-rise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>swatisani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a poem by Maya Angelou that I *had* to record on my blog. Rarely does one gets to read expressions like these. &#160; You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I&#8217;ll rise. Does my sassiness upset [...]]]></description>
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		<title>मिथ्या</title>
		<link>http://swatisani.net/blog/2011/08/11/mithya/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=mithya</link>
		<comments>http://swatisani.net/blog/2011/08/11/mithya/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>swatisani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Hindustani poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prose n Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["hindi poetry"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[कविता]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[घुंघरू]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[टूटना]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[स्वपन]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://swatisani.net/blog/?p=2360</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[घुंघरू के मध्यम बोलों ने कुछ कहा फुसफुसाकर गुनगुनाकर फिर होठों ने हौले हौले माहौल बनाया और तुम्हारी आँखों की गहराइयों में मैने अपने आप को डूबते, उतराते, मदमाते पाया जाने कब हुयी सुबह सूर्य किरण ने घटाओं से झांक कर देखा घुंघरू के बोलों का तीव्रतर हो थम जाना होठों पर छिडे तरानों का [...]]]></description>
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		<title>या मुझे अफसरे शाहा न बनाया होता &#8211; ज़फर</title>
		<link>http://swatisani.net/blog/2011/07/24/ya-mujhe-afsare-shaha/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ya-mujhe-afsare-shaha</link>
		<comments>http://swatisani.net/blog/2011/07/24/ya-mujhe-afsare-shaha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 06:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>swatisani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inspirations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["bahadur shah zafar"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["freedom struggle"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ghazal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urdu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urdu poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[zafar]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://swatisani.net/blog/?p=2319</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal king was also a poet. Though his literary standing was not as high as as his Ustad (Mohd. Ibhrahim Zauk) or his contemporaries Ghalib and Momin; his writings are much respected and appreciated. Zafar was a king (though in British raaj his kingdom did not extend beyond the red [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My love</title>
		<link>http://swatisani.net/blog/2011/07/19/mylove/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=mylove</link>
		<comments>http://swatisani.net/blog/2011/07/19/mylove/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>swatisani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My English Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prose n Poetry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Your carefree laughter and the joy that adorns your face takes away the darkest of my fears The smile that begins as a sparkle in your eyes reaches your tender lips makes me feel warm all over and so loved Thank you, my love for loving me the way you do I can not even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>जीवन समिधा</title>
		<link>http://swatisani.net/blog/2011/07/14/samidha/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=samidha</link>
		<comments>http://swatisani.net/blog/2011/07/14/samidha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 06:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>swatisani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Hindustani poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prose n Poetry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://swatisani.net/blog/?p=2290</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[आज फिर तुम्हें देखकर खयाल आया कि हमारे बीच ये कैसा नाता है जिसे तोड़ना मुनासिब नहीं इस लंबे सफर में मेरे हमकदम - हम ज़रूर कुछ देर रुक जातें है किसी मकाम पर मगर फिर निकल पड़ते हैं अगले पड़ाव को &#8230; इक दूसरे के सहारे बिना हम क्या करेंगे मेरे हमसफर, मेरे हमइनाँ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. Zarina Sani, my Ammi.</title>
		<link>http://swatisani.net/blog/2011/07/05/dr-zarina-sani-my-ammi-2/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=dr-zarina-sani-my-ammi-2</link>
		<comments>http://swatisani.net/blog/2011/07/05/dr-zarina-sani-my-ammi-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 05:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>swatisani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dr. Zarina Sani]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspirations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urdu poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[zarinasani]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.zarinasani.org goes live today. It is a website about mother-in-in law, Dr. Zarina Sani&#8217;s literary works. I find it difficult to describe the range of emotions I went through while creating this site. I smiled, laughed, cried and marveled at the way she expressed herself. Through her writings I even got a glimpse of my [...]]]></description>
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