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seems interesting
Yes the book gives information of basic aspects of Sufism in neutral way. Covers Data Ganj Bux from Lahore, Nizam u Din Aaliya from Delhi, Khwaja Moin Din from Ajmer, Baba Farid from Pakpattan, Saints from Multan, etc in interesting way.
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Nimra Ahmed is the sister of Umera Ahmed?
not at all, way better than umera and she is only 22 or 23 years old i think.
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Yes the book gives information of basic aspects of Sufism in neutral way. Covers Data Ganj Bux from Lahore, Nizam u Din Aaliya from Delhi, Khwaja Moin Din from Ajmer, Baba Farid from Pakpattan, Saints from Multan, etc in interesting way.
Nice laikn mujh sy ye sab hazam ni ho ga wrna zarur parhti:)
Sachi kahaniyan hain 
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Few things:
Alf-Laila (Urdu)
Babu Rajab Ali Khan's Kavishari
Flashman 7 by George MacDonald Frazier
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the selfish gene. pure genius
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the selfish gene. pure genius
A book on evolution?
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Few things:
Alf-Laila (Urdu) Babu Rajab Ali Khan's Kavishari Flashman 7 by George MacDonald Frazier
Interesting. so you can read both Hindi as well as urdu. Not heard about Kavishri. Google search gives an idea that its something famous and sung by many people like Heer Waris Shah
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Historical fiction 
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not at all, way better than umera and she is only 22 or 23 years old i think.
I'm impressed about your inspiration :)
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Interesting. so you can read both Hindi as well as urdu. Not heard about Kavishri. Google search gives an idea that its something famous and sung by many people like Heer Waris Shah
I can read Hindi way better than I can read Urdu and I can read Punjabi much much better than I can read Hindi and Urdu. I've been reading my same 4-5 urdu books for 3 years. I read a new Punjabi book every week, two weeks lol. I'm also helping my friend write a Punjabi book, so there's that too.
Yeah Kavishari is basically poetry sung without any instruments. Usually it's about Sikhi or Sikh folk heroes, but you also have stuff about social issues or Punjabi culture. The most famous kavishar actually, was a Muslim from Malwa region of Punjab, Babu Rajab Ali Khan. Any fan of Kavishari will love this Babu Rajab Ali Khan.
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I can read Hindi way better than I can read Urdu and I can read Punjabi much much better than I can read Hindi and Urdu. I've been reading my same 4-5 urdu books for 3 years. I read a new Punjabi book every week, two weeks lol. I'm also helping my friend write a Punjabi book, so there's that too.
Yeah Kavishari is basically poetry sung without any instruments. Usually it's about Sikhi or Sikh folk heroes, but you also have stuff about social issues or Punjabi culture. The most famous kavishar actually, was a Muslim from Malwa region of Punjab, Babu Rajab Ali Khan. Any fan of Kavishari will love this Babu Rajab Ali Khan.
Interesting. will try Kavishri. Hope I can get the words with my basic information of Punjabi.
Do you find that many Punjabi books to read? Seems there are huge Punjbi books publications in India
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Interesting. will try Kavishri. Hope I can get the words with my basic information of Punjabi.
Do you find that many Punjabi books to read? Seems there are huge Punjbi books publications in India
They're there yeah, but a lot of them are rubbish. For every 1 book that's good, you have 10 rubbish ones. And like I said somewhere else a little while ago, I'm helping my friend write his Punjabi novels, so I've been doing more and more reading recently, to see what there is to compare his work to hahaha.
The poetry/philosophy of Punjabi is tough to beat though. Poets like Shiv Kumar Batalvi, Anwar Masood, Amrita Pritam, Baba Najmi, etc. Then you get into the Sufiyana Kalaam and it's a whole different level of brilliance. Just look at that bit I posted in the Baba Bulleh Shah topic. What words can I use to describe that brilliance?
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They're there yeah, but a lot of them are rubbish. For every 1 book that's good, you have 10 rubbish ones. And like I said somewhere else a little while ago, I'm helping my friend write his Punjabi novels, so I've been doing more and more reading recently, to see what there is to compare his work to hahaha.
The poetry/philosophy of Punjabi is tough to beat though. Poets like Shiv Kumar Batalvi, Anwar Masood, Amrita Pritam, Baba Najmi, etc. Then you get into the Sufiyana Kalaam and it's a whole different level of brilliance. Just look at that bit I posted in the Baba Bulleh Shah topic. What words can I use to describe that brilliance?
Yes, the local languages like Punjabi, Bengali and Sindhi contain precious treasure
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I cannot read a single letter in Punjabi (Gurmukhi). will try to learn it though
Gurmukhi??
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It is name of punjabi script developed by fifth sikh guru arjan singh, punjabi is written in gurumukhi script in India contrary to Shahmukhi script written in Pakistan 
Oh ok
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I cannot read a single letter in Punjabi (Gurmukhi). will try to learn it though
Really? Assuming you can read Hindi, learning Gurmukhi should be like 2-3 days work. It's far easier than Devanagari, due to there not being any conjuncts.
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Really? Assuming you can read Hindi, learning Gurmukhi should be like 2-3 days work. It's far easier than Devanagari, due to there not being any conjuncts.
I can read devnagri, never gave a thought of learning gurumukhi before :)