Sahir Ludhianvi's Anti-War Nazm: Aye Sharif Insano | Jang, Aman, Aur Insaniyat
Khoon apna ho ya paraaya ho — nsl-e-aadam ka khoon hai aakhir.Sahir Ludhianvi wrote these lines decades ago, but they could have been written this morning. In this episode, we sit with one of his most powerful anti-war nazms, "Aye Sharif Insano" — a poem that doesn't take sides in any war except one: the side of the common man.We talk about what it feels like to watch the world burn from a distance, how poetry gives language to despair and helplessness, and why Sahir's words refuse to age. Then we go deeper — into the history of war, the Mongols, Marco Polo, who gets to write history, and…
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