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Chashme Baddoor (slogan) Chashm-e-Baddoor (Persian, Urdu: چشمِ بد دور, Hindi: चश्म-ए-बददूर) is a slogan extensively used in Iran, North India and Pakistan to ward-off the evil eye (which is called nazar in the region). It is a Persian language derivation which literally means " far be the evil eye ".
Superstition in Pakistan ( Urdu: پاکستانی توهم پرستی) is widespread and many adverse events are attributed to the supernatural effect. [ 1][ 2] Superstition is a belief in supernatural causality: that one event leads to the cause of another without any physical process linking the two events, such as astrology, omens ...
Parveen Shakir PP (pronounced [ˈpəɾʋiːn ʃɑːkɪɾ]; 24 November 1952 – 26 December 1994) was a Pakistani poet, teacher and a civil servant of the government of Pakistan. She is best known for her poems, which brought a distinctive feminine voice to Urdu literature. [1] Since her death, the "Parveen Shakir Urdu Literature Festival" has been held every year in Islamabad in her memoriam. [2]
1950 – anthem, without lyrics, was performed for the first time for a foreign head of state on the state visit of the Shah of Iran to Pakistan in Karachi on 1 March 1950 by a Pakistan Navy band. 1952 – Verses written by the Pakistani poet Hafeez Jullundhri are selected from amongst 723 entries. 2011 – On 14 August, 5,857 people gathered ...
Tapas is based on the root Tap (तप्) meaning "to heat, to give out warmth, to shine, to burn". [9] The term evolves to also mean "to suffer, to mortify the body, undergo penance" in order to "burn away past karma " and liberate oneself. [9][10] The term Tapas means "warmth, heat, fire". [9] The meaning of the word evolves in ancient Indian literature. The earliest discussions of tapas ...
Nazar (amulet) Eye beads or nazars – amulets against the evil eye – for sale in a shop. An eye bead or naẓar (from Arabic نَظَر [ˈnaðˤar], meaning 'sight', 'surveillance', 'attention', and other related concepts) is an eye-shaped amulet believed by many to protect against the evil eye.
The Urdu Wikipedia (Urdu: اردو ویکیپیڈیا), started in January 2004, is the Standard Urdu -language edition of Wikipedia, a free, open-content encyclopedia. [1][2] As of 21 September 2024, it has 211,546 articles, 184,727 registered users and 10,881 files, and it is the 54th largest edition of Wikipedia by article count, and ranks 20th in terms of depth among Wikipedias with over ...
" Shikwa " (Urdu: شکوہ, "Complaint") (Video Link) and " Jawab-e-Shikwa " (Urdu: جواب شکوہ, "Response to the Complaint") (Video Link) are poems written by Muhammad Iqbal, in the Urdu language, which were later published in his book Bang e Dara The poems are often noted for their musicality, poetical beauty and depth of thought.