Habib Jalib (Habib Ahmad, Born 24 March 1928 Hoshiarpur, Punjab, British India Died 12 March 1993 (aged 64) Lahore, Pakistan) was a Pakistani revolutionary poet, left-wing activist who opposed martial law, authoritarianism and state oppression. Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz said that he was the poet of the masses. He opposed military coups and administrators and was duly jailed several times.

Habib Jalib was born as Habib Ahmad on 24 March 1928 in a village near Hoshiarpur, British India. He migrated to Pakistan after the partition of India. Later he worked as a proofreader for Daily Imroze of Karachi. He was a progressive writer and soon started to grab the audience with his enthusiastic recitation of poetry. He wrote in plain language, adopted a simple style and addressed common people and issues. But the conviction behind his words, the music of his voice and his emotional energy coupled with the sensitivity of the socio-political context is what stirred the audience.

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Habib Jalib (Habib Ahmad, Born 24 March 1928 Hoshiarpur, Punjab, British India Died 12 March 1993 (aged 64) Lahore, Pakistan) was a Pakistani revolutionary poet, left-wing activist who opposed martial law, authoritarianism and state oppression. Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz said that he was the poet of the masses. He opposed military coups and administrators and was duly jailed several times.

Habib Jalib was born as Habib Ahmad on 24 March 1928 in a village near Hoshiarpur, British India. He migrated to Pakistan after the partition of India. Later he worked as a proofreader for Daily Imroze of Karachi. He was a progressive writer and soon started to grab the audience with his enthusiastic recitation of poetry. He wrote in plain language, adopted a simple style and addressed common people and issues. But the conviction behind his words, the music of his voice and his emotional energy coupled with the sensitivity of the socio-political context is what stirred the audience.

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Dir by Habib Tanvir (1 September 1923 – 8 June 2009)

Singer:- Raghubir Yadav 

Lyricist:- Irshad Kamil 

Music:- Rachita Arora 

Chorus:- Atam Prakash Mishra and Ashish Kumar Mishra 

Live Rhythms & Percussions :- Dipesh Varma 

Mixed and Mastered :- Aftab Khan @headroom studio, Mumbai  

Movie Name: Newton 

Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi, Anjali Patil, Raghubir Yadav & Sanjay Mishra 

Producer Manish Mundra 

Director: Amit V Masurkar

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Farida Khanum is a Pakistani classical singer from the province of Punjab.

She was born in the fall of 1929 in Calcutta , British India. She had four siblings, a sister and three brothers. Her sister is the famous singer, Mukhtar Begum. Their whole family moved from Amritsar, British India to Lahore, Pakistan when she was 18 years old.

She started learning Khayal, Thumri and Dadra from Ustad Ashiq Ali Khan of Patiala gharana. As a child, her sister Mukhtar Begum would take her to the Khan's place for regular riyaaz (practice of classical music). Her family moved to Pakistan after the Partition of India in 1947.

Farida Khanum gave her first public concert in 1950 at the very young age of 21, and then joined Radio Pakistan where she gained recognition for herself. She became a star when Pakistan's president Ayub Khan invited her to a public recital in the 1960s. She has been a frequent performer on Pakistan Television and other Pakistani TV channels. The ghazal she is most associated with is Aaj Jaane Ki Zidd Naa Karo written by the famous poet Fayyaz Hashmi. In 2015, at the age of 86, she sang this ghazal in Coke Studio (Pakistan) Season 8.

Farida Khanum also visited Kabul, Afghanistan in the late 1960s or early 1970s for concerts, she collaborated with Afghan musicians and sang Persian-language ghazals there.

Farida Khanum lives in Lahore, Pakistan. She has five daughters and one son. Sheba Hassan is her niece, who is known for her performance in the PTV drama serial Sona Chandi (1982). Farida Khanum has been affectionately called Queen of Ghazal in Pakistan.

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Recorded in 2007 

Story: Saadat Hasan Manto 

Recited by Irfan 

Opening voice: Munish Sharma

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Dir by Habib Tanvir (1 September 1923 – 8 June 2009)

A classical singer fro Badaun

Ferdous Ara is a Bangladeshi Nazrul Sangeet singer.

Ara, nicknamed Marine, was born in Brahmanbaria District to A.H.M. Abdul Hai, a classical singer of the early 1950s, and Mosharrefa Begum. She has two sisters, Jannat Ara and Hure Jannat. She completed her bachelor's and master's in History from the University of Dhaka.

In 1973, Ara started her career as a regular vocal artist in Bangladesh Radio and afterward in Bangladesh Television. She has released numerous albums of Nazrul Sangeet, contemporary and patriotic songs. In 1985, her first album was released by SARGAM. She became the first person in Bangladesh whose music video of Nazrul Sangeet was released.

Ara teaches Nazrul songs at the Nazrul Institute, University of Dhaka and Dhaka Music College. She founded a music school, Sur Saptak in 2000. She contributed as a background vocal in films, documentaries, and drama. She sang in a movie titled Meher Nigar by Impress Telefilm.

Ara sang at the Gala Concert at Royal Albert Hall, London on an invitation of Inner London Education Authority in 1986. She also performed in Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.

Ara authored the books Sangeet Bhubaney Nazrul (Nazrul in Music World) and Sanchitar Katha Barta (Conversation of Sanchita). She also hosts Sanchita on Channel i and Ei Shomoy on nTV, both are television programs about Nazrul. (Source Wikipedia)

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Dir by Habib Tanvir (1 September 1923 – 8 June 2009)

हबीब तनवीर के नाटक 'हिरमा की अमर कहानी' से एक गीत

जगत में मन से  है दू परकार

एक निर्धन है एक धनवान जगत में मन  से  है दू परकार

एक का जो आकाश है वो है दूजे का पाताल

एक का जो भोजन है वही तो है दूजे का काल

एक की बेकारी से है दूजे का का कारोबार

इसके माल के दम पे लगा है दुनिया का बाज़ार

इसके खून के बल पे चला है दुनिया का ब्योपार

इसके भीख के बल पे खड़े हैं दुनिया के सरकार

जगत में मन  से  है दू परकार

एक निर्धन है एक धनवान जगत में मन  से  है दू परकार

(धुन परिवर्तन)

कौनो पर धन है और कौनो पे सत्ता

भगवान बिना जीवन नई चले भाई

गरीब के भगवान बिना जीवन नई तो चले

पृथ्वी आकाश वायु जल अग्नी

इन्हीं से पेड़ इन्हीं से प्राणी

अग्नि पवन और जल नहीं अपना

पेड़ और फूल और फल नहीं अपना

कुछ नहीं अपना जब कुछ नहीं अपना

तो भगवान बिना जीवन नहीं चले भाई

गरीब के भगवान बिना जीवन नई तो चले

उनके पास सुख के सब साधन

उनका जगत उनका ही सब धन

वही गरीबी के निर्माता

चोर वही हैं वही अन्नदाता

अपने पास बस एक विधाता -

भगवान बिना जीवन नहीं चले भाई

गरीब के भगवान बिना जीवन नई तो चले

जगत में मन  से  है दू परकार

एक निर्धन है एक धनवान जगत में मन  से  है दू परकार

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