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Episode: Gorakh Pandey's ghazal sung by Ashok Chaudhary | 8 May 2016

Description: Senior journalist Ashok Chaudhary is a noted cultural activist too. In his student life he was an integral part of students protest and constructive activism. He lives in Gorakhpur and a regular visitor to the Lokrang, Fazilnagar, Kushinagar. In 2016 he sang this ghazal Rafta Rafta Nazarbandi ka jadu Ghat-ta jaye hai of Gorakh Pandey when the second night cultural programs were about to take off. रफ़्ता-रफ़्ता नज़रबंदी का ज़ादू घटता जाए है रुख से उनके रफ़्ता-रफ़्ता परदा उतरता जाए है ऊंचे से ऊंचे उससे भी ऊंचे और ऊंचे जो रहते हैं उनके नीचे का खालीपन कंधों से पटता जाए है गालिब-मीर की दिल्ली देखी, देख के हम हैरान हुए उनका शहर लोहे का बना था फूलों से कटता जाए है ये तो अंधेरों के मालिक हैं हम उनको भी जाने हैं जिनका सूरज डूबता जाये तख़्ता पलटता जाए है (Text courtesy Kavitakosh.org ) Recorded on 6 May 2016 Produced by Irfan Representational Image from Ashok Chaudhary's facebook wall.

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