A gem

lagi jahan bhi chahakne bulbul, hua vahin per jamaal paida.
kami nahi hai kadardaanon ki, kare to koi kamaal paida.

-- Akbar (Syyid Akbar Husain Akbar Allahabadi (1846-1921))

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Anonymous said…
On the paucity of open space in cities compared to villages ...

Yeh bola sheher ke kutte se gaoon ka kutta, ada kahan se seekhi tune dum dabane ki?
"Dum ke dabane ko buzdili na samajh, jagah kahan hai yahan dum hilane ki?"

no claims of originality ...
-vk

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