On the occassion of our independence, I want to thank the moderators of this forum as well as the posters for making this place the most vibrant section of Gupshup.
I started my GS journey more than 7-8 years ago from this very forum and woh kehtaY haiN naa…
Pohnchi waheeN pe khaak jahaaN kaa khameer thaa
If you have noticed, I had started participating the most in this forum in last few weeks… All credit goes to Amal for his support and encouragement all along. Thanks to Amal for opening the Time Pass thread so that we could spent time in knowing each other and chit chatting than merely posting poems and getting praised…
I am grateful to Amal for selecting me as one of the Judges in the two competitions held here… I admire the trust he has shown in me disapproving all other influential factions of this very forum who think otherwise. I believe that it is imperative to make a difference when you are misjudged by others… I can not say for sure if I have done it but the fact that I have been given such an honour by Amal, does give a satisfaction to my heart that I have succeeded in giving a second thought to all the fingers pointing at me.
I am amazed to receive such an enormous respect from every single person in this forum. I am grateful to each and everyone of you. I do not know if I will be able to write all the names but I will try - not in any particular order except for mentioning mods in the beggining:
Amal:
Only thing I want to say to you is what I learnt from you 
Mar bhee jaaouN gaa tau kahaaN loug bhulaa hee daiN geY
Lafz meraY, meraY honaY kee gawaahi daiN geY 
Nikamijano:
Thanks for moderating this forum along with the wonderful person that Amal is. Although, you are a mod and I should not be telling you anything or advising you for anything - as moderators here have an attitude and pride problem and often they insult you by saying that they know how to do their job - I am sure you won’t mind me giving you one advice… Always try to take a decision as a mod; not a helper to the mod. I have felt it that way during my stay so just mentioned that… forgive me if my analysis was wrong…
KhamoshNigaheiN:
One of the bestest people I found here… Her poetry was amazing and the fact that her words always seem strikingly similar to my own words, always gave me a strange feelings… Your birthday is coming on August 23rd.. I wish you a very happy birthday..
Innocent_Smile:
The best friend one can have… Very few people have personality in this forum. He sure stands out on top in the list… My pal May you have a great life… I will cherish forever the thread you have dedicated to me… December…
Kabhi abb december aaye tau keep me in your prayers …
Gul-e-Tasbeeh:
one of the early people whom I made friend with (with my other nick) … May Allah:swt: give her complete recovery… and make her come back to this forum… The forum misses her badly… I remember typing out the longests poems of Iqbal on her requests… made me write Iqbal too as well after reading him 
Problem _girl:
My old Cafe` Flood partner but a very nice friend in Poetry as well… She was out of scence for last few months.. just came back… Tell you guys… She can make you laugh in any situation… She is an asset… Take care of her in this forum
Shab-e-Hijar:
probably know her since the time I knew Gul-e-Tasbeeh… she is mostly in poetry so when I left this forum, I hardly had a chance to interact with her… Her choices for the poem always amazez me… wonderful person and good company to be around with..
being lonely:
Joined the forum when I had stopped/reduced posting here… He sure has a lot of collections and a vast knowledge of poetry… another gem for this forum… good friend and good poster…
redidentity:
humourous person… His posts often make me laugh… the innocense in the messages are very creative…
Sheal:
got to know her during the first best of the best ghazal competition and then during the Ladies and Gents bait baazi competition… She along with soniaa_jee gave us the most hardest time … hence, they were able to clinch the victory… She still owes me Hijaaz kee khajooraiN and Aaab-e-zamzam.. J/K
Soniaa_jee:
one of the greatests addition to the forum and as mentioned heck of a competitor… Very respectful person…
Shumaisa:
I recently started noticing her participation in the forum but knew her way before… bhaut tang kiyaa hai iss naY 
… a person who knows the identities of the human beings…
deep ocean:
joined back in the times when there were elections held in cafe for cafe president he supported me right from the beggining… often comes and post good poems regualarly…
Jhanjharewali:
Did not have a chance to have a full fledge flooding with her to get to know her but one thing is for sure… I felt a glimpse of respect last I interacted with her…
Maasoom Muskaan:
innocent poster… I have explain to her the meanings of the difficult words… hehe… she has a talent and shown it in best 14th competition…
Prince Ali:
Like shab-e-hijar, he has a knack for good poems… very friendly person…
Bholay Bisray:
never had a chance to interact with him before the competition of L & G started… an asset for this forum for sure..
AsSweetAs:
know him from Cafe`… good flood partner there.. but I was amazed to see his contributions in this forum as well… keep it up mate…
aabla_pa:
not posting as much since last few weeks but a great poster indeed..
Dania_2000:
comes occassionally and post unique stuff… worth reading..
I am sure I must be forgetting many names but rest assured… all of you are respectable in my eyes… and will remain in my prayers:insha: all along…
Message:
After evaluating the thread for best of 14th… I felt sad…
I felt sad because the good things mentioned in those poems and the promises that we keep hearing in such poetry, we have chosen it to be reiterate it once an year… We are living a hypocritical life.. At one hand, we say big things like of equality and fairness and on the other hand, our actions speak louder than our words and perhaps a different language altogether. Our nation is stoop to the lowest corruption level and many of those things are evident in the behaviours of some of the higher-ups in this forum as well… If one is fair, one needs to learn and have courage to listen to the criticism as well… Do not be so proud that you only think highly of yourself and above mistakes…
It’s our independence day… but we are not independent as yet.. we are slaves of our own pride, our own corruption and our own red tape mentality.
We talk and admire national songs and never evaluate our ownselves in the words of the very poems… If it was in my hands, I would have given goodnews’ post the best one for sure…
The real independance will come the day we will have courage to listen to others and make our ownselves worthy of the job we are given responisbility of… The day when we will have leaders coming on Merit and not through a “chain reaction” … The day when we will break the chain of sifaarish (illegal recommendations) and the chain of pride that only makes us nearer to Iblees.
I want to share the timeless beauty of Sahir Ludhiyanvi. Something, that may or may not have a hidden message… only time will tell… Time tells many things… Remember me in your prayers…
maiN paL dau paL kaa shaair hooN
PaL dau paL meri kahaaNi hai
PaL dau paL meri hasti hai
PaL dau pal meri jawaani hai
mujh say pehlaY kitnaY shaair
aaye aur aa kar challaY gaye
kuch aahaiN bhar kar louT gaye
kuch naghmaY gaa kar challaY gaye
woh bhee ik paL kaa qissa thaY
maiN bhee ik paL kaa qissa hooN
kal tum saY judaa ho jaaouN gaa
go aaj tumhaaraa hissaa hooN
**kal aur aayeN geY naghmoN kee **
khilti kaliyaaN chunnaY waalaY
mujh saY behtar kehnaY waalaY
tum saY behtar sunnaY waalaY
kal koi mujh ko yaad karaY
kiouN koi mujh ko yaad karaY
masroof zamaanaa meraY liye
kiouN waqt apnaa barbaad karaY
maiN paL dau paL kaa shaair hooN
Allah Hafiz - aur haaN Dekhna gaNwaanaa ma’t dolat-e-yaqeeN logo! :~)
thx bhae
