Rafta Rafta Woh Meri Hasti Ka Saman Ho Gaye — Mehdi Hassan's Ghazal, Explained
Tasleem Fazli's ghazal for Mehdi Hassan, sher by sher — a poem built entirely on three-step escalations, from jaan-e-jaanaan to the aap/tum/tū of its final couplet. Plus the true story of Fazli and his brother Nida Fazli, split across the India-Pakistan border.
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