14. Bachchan's Madhushala, Rang-Birangi Satrangini

While we started with a story from Armenia last episode, this time we are going to Tashkent (Uzbekistan) and how this trip turned out to be a perfect gift for the poet of Madhushala. When Madhushala was translated in Russian – the title meant a bouquet of colors and the poem has all sorts of Roop, Rang, Ras, Gandh in her spirit.

चित्रकार बन साकी आता लेकर तूली का प्याला

And there is music in its poetry: पान कराती श्रोतागण को, झंकृत वीणा मधुशाला

Then we talk about how Madhushala is above and beyond all sorts of divisions, like in these two lines

मिले न मंदिर, मिले न मस्जिद, मिल जाती है मधुशाला

Or

चिर विधवा है मस्जिद तेरी, सदा सुहागिन मधुशाला

On the same topic of Mandir, Masjid – we also take a cue from Ghalib –

ज़ाहिद शराब पीने दे मस्जिद में बैठ कर, या वो जगह बता दे जहाँ पर ख़ुदा न हो

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