Ahmad Faraz: जाते जाते सब तोड़ गया — हिज्र, शम्अ', और जश्न-ए-मक़्तल | Kavinaama
Ahmad Faraz wrote Silsile Tod Gaya as a ghazal of departure — but every sher in it opens into something larger than heartbreak.
In this episode, Kshitij and Burair work through the full ghazal, sitting with three moments in particular: the lover who expected to die of separation and was surprised by how long survival took; the quietly radical idea that complaining about darkness is worth less than lighting your own candle; and Faraz's image of dancing to the gallows in chains — which leads them to 1931, and to Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru singing as they walked to their execution.
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