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KASUR: Despite the lapse of over two and a half centuries since his demise, Bulleh Shah is still alive through his spiritual and poetic works that are for all ages and places. His poetry carries ...
NEW DELHI: Bulleh Shah may not be a name many recognize - little is known about his life, his lineage, even his birthplace or date. Some say he was born in a small village in Bahawalpur, in ...
In his poetry, Bulleh Shah regularly refers to his murshid as his beloved. Some of these references are loaded with sexual innuendos. For example at one point Bulleh Shah says: ...
Bulleh Shah for a modern audience. Ammara Ahmad. October 4, 2018. Alhamra’s Hall II was packed this Sunday night. Not only the stairs and the space between the stage and the audience was full ...
Bulleh Shah lived in the same period as Sindhi Sufi poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (1689-1752). His lifespan also overlapped with that of Punjabi poet Waris Shah (1722-1798), of Heer Ranjha fame ...
The Murty Classical Library of India and Harvard University Press in association with the Novel Bunch held a unique event — an amalgamation of poetry and performance interspersed with ...
His discovery of poetry, too, occurred outside the purview of traditional education. He was surfing the internet when he found Punjabi Sufi poet Bulleh Shah’s poem Maati and was charmed by the ...