Sunday 27 December 2015

Iss hafte #shair mein

Schedule prepared by @AbidZaidi1

Schedule 28.12: #Mulaqaat

29.12: #Khwaab

30.12: #Dua/ asar

31.12: #Tukbandi (#NayaSaalDhamaal) / Mazahiya

1.1.16: #HasratMohani : 1 /1/1875
.... 13/5/1951
&
#RahatIndori 1/1/1950

2.1.16: #umeed

Saturday 19 December 2015

Iss hafte #shair mein

21st : #shaam

22nd : #WomenSufi  poets

23rd : #naseem ( hawa)

24th : #Qateel Shifai - birth anniversary  24/12/1919-------11/7/2001

25th: #masiha ( Christmas )

27th Mirza #Ghalib birth anniversary  27/12/1796--------15/2/1869

Note since Sunday is Ghalib's birthday , Sat is kept free. You can tweet Ghalib then too

Sunday 13 December 2015

Iss hafte #shair mein

14th - #JaunEliya  birth anniversary

15th - #hina  - menhdi ( in honour of the wedding season - this includes all references to weddings including folk songs from weddings) - suggested by @Hgk3_

16th - #WasimBarelwi

17th - #hunar ( any verse which refers to a skill or talent in any field ) - suggested by @Hgk3_

18th - #Topten ( only ten verses in order of  preference which have inspired you)

19th - #SufiPoetess ( any Sufi poetess in all languages)

Sunday 6 December 2015

Iss hafte #shair mein

Schedule based on suggestion by @AbidZaidi1

Every topic starting with a 'T'

7th - #thand ( all verses referring to cold either weather or cold behaviour)

8th - #tasavvur

9th - #taqdeer

10th - #TahirFaraz
&
#tanhai

11th - #tehzeeb ( all verses referring to our culture - food, festivals, clothes, behaviour etc)

12th - #TilokChandMehroom
&
#tasveer

Sunday 29 November 2015

Iss hafte #shair mein

Schedule prepared by @AbidZaidi1

Is hafte #Shair pe ‘Ghazal’ likhenge:
30th. G: #Gham

1st .H: # Hansi /Khushi and Self composed Sher on ‘December’

2nd . A: #Awaaz

3rd. Z: #Zameen

4th  A: #Aadmi

5th .L:  #lutf

Sunday 22 November 2015

Iss hafte #shair mein

23rd - any verse which symbolises tge theme of unity in diversity or  anekta mein ekta
#ekta

24th #ParveenShakir
Birth anniversary
24/11/1952------------26/12/1994

25th - #Qalam any verse which embodies the pen is mightier than the sword or refers to writing esp those which can change the world

26th #Munawwar Rana
Birthday
26/11/1952

27th - #HRBachhan
Harivansh Rai Bachchan
27 November 1907 – 18 January 2003
Birth anniversary

28th - #maskan
Verses which refer to homes, refuge, shelter, etc

Sunday 15 November 2015

Iss hafte #shair mein

16th Nov - #mohabbat ( insaano'n  ke beech - between friends, not just romantic love)
&
#AkbarAllahabadi
Birth anniversary

17th Nov - any verse which embodies the line
"Mazhab nahin sikhata aapas mein baer rakhna"
#mazhab

18th Nov -  #RahatIndori

19th Nov - #bagh (any verse referring to flowers, greenery etc )

20th Nov - #Faiz  death anniversary
&
Ahmed #NadeemQasmi
Birth anniversary

21st Nov - #MyOwn
&
#OurShair
( those who write can post their verses and other post the verses of our #shair poets)

Friday 30 October 2015

Iss hafte #shair mein

Made by Muzammil Bari @ArzKiaHai

2nd Nov #DOSTI (couplets that talk of friendship both in positive and negative light)

3rd Nov #BAADSHAH (Couplets having names of Kings or words like BAADSHAH, GHULAM, DARBAR, DARBAAN, HUKUMAT, WAZEER etc.)

4th Nov #MUKAMMAL -- Share couplets that have a combination of primary word PHOOL with any one (or more) of the following combination words – KAANTEIN, KHAAR, CHAMAN, BAAGH, RANG, PANKHUDI, KHUSHBOO, BAHAAR, MAALI, MITTI, PAANI. It’s mandatory to combine PHOOL with any of above options. 

5th Nov #KHWAHISH (couplets that bear the word Khwahish or also that deals with accomplished or unaccomplished wishes and desires, not necessarily only of romance.

6th Nov #MyFav (share your all-time favourite couplets.

7th Nov #JaunEliya  (Death anniversary on 8th Nov)

2nd week:

9th Nov ALLAMA #Iqbal (Birth anniversary)

10th Nov #Roshni (Diwali) (couplets that have words like noor, roshni, charaagh, diya, misbah, qindeel)  

11th Nov #LAKSHMI pooja (couplets that talk of money, bearing words like PAISA, RUPIYA, DHAN, DAULAT, MILKIYAT, SIKKA, NOTE, KAUDI, TAKA, DOLLAR, DINAR, DIRHAM or any currency)

12th Nov #AKHTAR ul Iman (Birth anniversary)
&
#iman ( theme)

13th Nov #MUKAMMAL -- Share couplets that have a combination of primary word DIL  with any one (or more) of the following combination words – DHADKAN, DARD, SOZ, JIGAR, SEENA, ZINDAGI, KHUSHI, AANSOON, GHAM, RAHAT, SUKOON, BECHANI)

14th Nov #BACHPAN (Children’s Day) Share couplets or links of video/audio of ghazals that talk of childhood. Any couplet bearing words like BACCHE, BACHPAN, SHARARAT, MASOOM, MASOOMIYAT and other attributes of childhood.

Sunday 25 October 2015

Iss hafte #shair mein

Based on suggestions by Muzammil Bari @ArzKiaHai

26th OCT  Bahadur Shah #Zafar (Birth anniversary on Oct 24 -we couldn't celebrate that day due to Moharrum )

27th Oct #bhasha (Share couplets that has a non-Urdu word/s any word of Hindi, Punjabi, English, Persian. However, the word should not be widely used in Urdu but should originally belong to other language.

28th Oct #ShahidMeer 
&
Meer Mohammadi #Bedar

29th Oct #Jadoo (Couplets that talk of magic, magical effects, etc or couplets having words like jaadu, saahir, sihir, tilism etc)

30th Oct #Mukammal  -- Share a couplet that has combination of primary word RAAT with any one (or more) of the following combination word -- KHWAAB, NEEND, ANDHERA, SIYAH, CHAND, CHANDNI, SITARE, KARWAT, BISTAR, BEDAARI, TANHAYI.    

31st Oct #Dohe

Sunday 18 October 2015

Iss hafte #shair mein


Oct 19 #TASHBIH (couplets in which the poet compares one entity with another, eg. chand aur chehra, zulf-badal, ashk-moti, mahendi-khoon etc.)  

Oct 20 #FILMIGHAZAL (share video/audio links to your favourite filmi ghazals (solo or duet). Kindly do not include geet/qawwali/bhajan etc. Only compositions in ghazal format i.e AA, BA, CA, DA)

Oct 21 #JUGALBANDI (Couplets that centre around jugal bandi between lovers. Eg. Roothna-manana / rejection of love proposal / request for meeting etc.)

Oct 22 #FATEH (all couplets which celebrate the victory of good over evil , right over might - jung , neki ,  badi etc related to  Dussehra )

Oct 23 #TAZAAD (couplets having opposite words [Antonyms] in same couplet. eg. Zindagi-maut, din-raat, beqarari-sukoon, kaala-safed, mohabbat-nafrat, etc.)  

Oct 24 #HAQ
(all verses related to  Moharrum - marsiya , soz etc)

Oct 25th #SAHIR Ludhianvi
Death anniversary

Sunday 11 October 2015

iss hafte #Shair mein

 This schedule is made is made based on suggestions by @mykhyd
12th : #NidaFAzli #birthday

13th : #AmeerMinai #death Anniversary

14th : #kiran (any word which is related to sun rays  and sunrise/ sunset - e.g. ufuq(horizon), shafaq (twilight), dhundhaka (twilight), sanjh (twilight),  etc

15th : #fikr - any verse which reflects in the philosophy of life , love, existence or makes you think

16th : #MustafaZaidi #birthanniversary
&
#MakhmoorSaeedi

17th :  #Mukammal
Complete The Couplet - members have to complete couplet using any of the given set of words
Eg.
1. Andaaz & duniya
2. qaza & umr
3. qayamat/ hashr & roz
4. Din/ raat
5. Khwaab/ neend
6. Wasl/ hijr
7. Hum/ tum 
8. Subah/shaam

or any verse which has similar meaning words




Sunday 4 October 2015

Iss hafte #shair mein

Schedule made by @ArzKiaHai Muzammil Bari

5th Oct #WAQT (aspects of time eg. Lamha, ghadi, pal, din, raat, mahina, saal, sadi, baras, etc)

6th Oct #ROOHANIYAT (couplets that talk of human relation with the Almighty; devotion, faith etc)

7th Oct #BegumAkhtar (Birth anniversary) (share audio/video links to ghazals sung by Begum Akhtar)

8th Oct
#Takabbur - pride (MuhMiyanMitthu) (Share couplets wherein poet indulges in excessive pride and self-satisfaction in one's achievements, possessions, patience or abilities)
Or
#inkesaari - humility  (Any famous poet’s self-deprecating couplets wherein he belittles undervalues /underestimates himself)

9th Oct #SHAIRA (only works of poetesses from the subcontinent)

10th Oct #JagjitSingh (Death anniversary) Share ghazals sung by him that mostly talk of the irony of life and death.

Saturday 26 September 2015

Iss hafte #shair mein

Schedule by Muzammil Bari @ArzKiaHai
He will moderate too

28th Sept # SHAKHSIYAT (names of famous/historic/mythological/religious personalities. Kindly note takhallus/pen name of shayar should NOT be used)

29th Sept # QUDRAT (couplets having words like shafaq, afaq, pahad, nadi, pedh, kohr, shabnam, sehra, oas, jungle, bayaban, gul, kaanta, hawa, pani, ghata, badal, bijli etc)

30th Sept # HAIWAAN (names of animals, birds, insects, eg. Titli, bicchoo, koyel, more, bulbul, baaz, shaheen, hiran, etc)

1st Oct # ROZGAAR (names of professions, eg. Mazdoor, hakeem, lohar, sunaar, gul farosh, shayar, adakaar, katib, musannif, qasid, munsif, gulokaar, wakeel etc)

2nd Oct (Gandhi Jayanti) # AMAN (couplets that talk about aman, sukoon, ahinsa, bhaichara, unity)  

3rd Oct # SAMUNDER (all marine things eg safeena, kashti, nao, nakhuda, toofan, bhanwar, mauj, lehar, machli, sahil)


5th Oct
# WAQT (aspects of time eg. Lamha, ghadi, pal, din, raat, mahina, saal, sadi, baras, etc)

Sunday 20 September 2015

Iss hafte #shair mein

#SUKHAN (words related to poetry eg. Matl’a, maqta, sher, misr’a, radeef, qafiya, baher, wazn, rubayi, ghazal, nazm, tarannum etc.)
Based on suggestions by Muzammil Bari @ArzKiaHai

21st
#MAQTA (share only matkaas of famous poets) last verse where poets takhallus is given

22nd
#JAGJITCHITRA (Only duet ghazals sung by the couple. But mandatory to share audio/video link. We always read couplets... for a change let members enjoy watching/listening)

23rd
#SUKHANWAR
(works of poets – first name/takhallus beginning with alphabet A-H only)

24th
#radeef - hai
Only verses where the #radeef is 'HAI'

25th
#qurbani

26th
#Matla
Only the first couplet of any ghazal
Where both lines rhyme

Monday 7 September 2015

Iss hafte #shair mein

Prepared by @mykhyd
Mohd. Younus Khalid
September:

14th -  #Naatawaan (kamzor/ budhhe/old/weak)

15th - #qaba ( any verse with reference to an item of dress or clothing or cloth)

16th -  #Muztarib (restless)

17th -  #BekhudDehlvi 17/9/1857--------10/11/1912 
&
#Abid Ali Abid 17/9/1906--------20/1/1971

18th - #KakaHathrasi. 18/9/ 1906, Hathras
Died: 1995
&
#tanzOmazah (satire & humour)

19th -  #Sadaf ( any verse with reference to precious stones/ gems)

Sunday 6 September 2015

Iss hafte #shair mein

Schedule prepared by @ArzKiaHai  Muzammil Bari

#shair members kindly share couplets having words mentioned in brackets under each hash tag. Kindly try not to repeat the words already used by other members. Avoiding repetition will ensure a variety of couplets.

7th Sept  #SAWAAL (All `Wh’ questions eg. Kya, kaun, kab, kaise, kyon, kahan, kisne, kitna etc.)

8th Sept  #RANG ( any color, eg. Lal/surkh, siyaah/kala, safed, zard, neela, hara, etc)

9th Sept  #SINGAAR (any ornament like payal, haar, pazeb, bindiya, kangan, jhumka, chooriyan, etc.)

10th Sept #JISM (various body parts excluding zulf eg. Haath, pao, kalayi, honth/lub, zaban, kamar, kandha, aankh, peth, zanu, anguli, hatheli, seena, etc)

11th Sept #ADAD (any number like ek, do, sau, hazar, karodon, beshumar, anginat, saikdon, lakh, etc)

12th Sept #RISHTA (bhai, dost, maa, ustad, parosi, husband-wife, etc.)

Sunday 30 August 2015

Iss hafte #shair mein

Schedule prepared by Harleen
@VeiledDesires
31st Sept : Antakshari Mushaira #Baitbazi (You have to tweet a sher'r starting with the last letter of the previous sher'r just like simple antakshari. This will make us interact with each other.)
Method-- the persons you tag have to reply with the next one and tag someone else. 

1st Sept: #KaifiAzmi Sahab

2nd: Sept: #Yakjaan ( all verses show casing team spirit)/ #jeet 

3rd Sept: #MeenaKumari 

4th Sept: #Waaiz / #Ustad  on occasion of Teachers Day

5th Sept: #Irfan ( Irfan means gnosis or spiritual knowledge, related to enlightenment , knowledge, discernment - so all verses which refer to that)

Sunday 26 July 2015

is hafte #shair mein

For the next month its going to be the Urdu alphabet as suggested by @gulrayys bhai 
I have made this week's all are welcome to send input for the other weeks 

27th -   - alif - a - 

آبرو شاہ مبارک

alif se #Abroo Shah Mubarak (1685-1733) Delhi
One of the founding fathers of Urdu poetry, contemporary of Mir Taqi Mir. 
&
Theme #abroo  - eyebrows 

28th ب - be ब -  
be se بے چین bechain बेचैन

29th ت - te त   
te se  غلام ربانی تاباںؔs photo غلام ربانی تاباںؔ
Ghulam Rabbani #Tabaan  
&
تلوک چند محرومs photo تلوک چند محروم
Trilok Chandra #Mehroom

30th ٹ -   ट    
ṭ se #tootna

31st   ث - se स  
ثروت حسینs photo ثروت حسین

 #SarvatHussain 
&
 ثاقب لکھنوی
#SaqibLucknavi
&
 ثروت زہرا
#SarwatZehra

1st  ج - jiim -  ज  
جام 
jaam
goblet, bowl, cup

next week

چ - che - च  3rd #chehra

ح - he - ह  4th  #HabibJalib  جالب  حبئب

خ - khe -ख़ 5th  #khatra

د - d - द 6th  #Dagh Dehelvi  داغؔ دہلوی


ڈ  - ḍ -ड 7th  #dar ڈر

ذ - z -ज़ 8th 

10th - ر  र rei
#RajeshReddy 
&
#RajaMehdiAliKhan 


11th - س स seen - #sawan

12th - ش श     sheen - #sharm  ( haya)

13th - ط तो to - #taqat  ( power/ strength of mind and character not just body)

14th - ظ ज़ zoe - #zulm #zalim

15th - #Azadi 

Next week 

17th ع ऐन   ain se #umr

18th غ se (ghain) #Ghalib

19th - ف फ़ se #fitrat ( aadat/ character traits like anger, kindness, cruelty etc)

20th ق क q se #QatilShifai

21st - گ   गा  g  se #garajbaraj  ( badal / barq / lightening/ thunder storms etc)

22nd - ل ल l se #lutf ( maza / aaram / pleasure/ fun etc)

Iss hafte

24th - م म  m se 
#Mahlaqa Chanda
&
#Mahshar Badayuni

25th - ن  न n se 
#NoonMeemRashid
&
#nazuk ( delicate) 

26 th - و व w se Wali Daccani # WaliDaccani
&
#wisal

27th - ے ए y se
#yaar ( dost)

28th - #Firaq Gorakhpuri (birth  anniversary )

29th - #HindiGhazal




Sunday 12 July 2015

Iss hafte #shair mein

based on the 'day of the week'
Prepared by @anandhalve

20 July, Monday: Mausam

21 July, Tuesday: Takraar

22 July, Wednesday: Wajood

23 July, Thursday: Tabassum

24 July, Friday: Faasla
&
#DushyantKumar

25 July, Saturday: Sukuun

Tuesday 7 July 2015

Iss hafte #shair mein

"ABCDEF" of Shayri Topics
Prepared by @AbidZaidi1

13th July :  #Anaa

14th July : #Bewafa /Wafa

15th July :  #Chaand /Chandni 

16th July : #Dard 

17th July : #Eemaan /Imandari 

18th July  : #Farz 

19th July : #Eid (festival) #khushi

We will switch topics in case Eid is announced for 18th as it's dependent on the moon

Sunday 5 July 2015

Iss hafte #shair mein

This week's  schedule  prepared by @shailendra_bj

He has planned it round a verse

Ek hi pathar lage hain har ibadatgaah men ,
Gadh liye hain ek But se sab ne afsane kaii.- Nazeer Banarasi 

6th  July -  #EK 
7th  July -  #Pathar  
8th  July -  #Ibadatgaah - Mandir Masjid etc.
9th  July -  #sanam (But)
10th July -  #awaam (sab)
11th July -  # Afsana

Friends there's an unfortunate  tendency to use different  hashtag.
Please do use the one given on blog.
If you feel this spelling is wrong then message  me I will change it here.
It should be universal

Sunday 28 June 2015

Iss hafte #shair mein

This week's schedule prepared by @akhtar978

29thJun - #MajeedAmjad (birth anniversary )
#ummid (incl sabr and asha),

30th Jun- #Fani  Badayuni, (poet)
&
#Aaina (theme),

1st July-  #Insaf theme incl haq, insaniyat

2nd Jul - #NomanShauq (birthday )
&
#parinda (theme),

3rd Jul- #Rehmat (Maghferat, gunah etc),

4th Jul- Mir Taqi #Mir

Sunday 21 June 2015

Iss hafte #shair mein

Schedule set by Rajni @Kuhu_bole

22nd : #Dua

23rd  #Zabaan or something related to Hindi/Urdu language 

24th : #Gulzar  

25th : #gul ( flowers)

26th: #ParvinShakir

27th : #Buzurg 

Sunday 14 June 2015

is hafte #shair mein




15th : #IbneInsha birth anniversary 15th June 1927
&
 Insha Allah Khan #Insha

16th #Shahryar birth anniversary 16th June 1936

17th : #bebaha ( priceless / invaluable ) 
&
any verse referring to that refers to #moti ( pearl)

18th :  #SeemabAkbarabadi
&
#SafiAurangabadi
&
#IshqAurangabadi


19th : #ibadat (start of Ramzan)

20th : Ahmed #Faraz

Sunday 7 June 2015

is hafte #shair mein

8th : #AmanatLucknavi
&
ArzooLukhnavi
&
#AsarLukhnavi

9th : #haya

10th : #JayantParmar
&
#Jameelmazhari
&
#Zahidimroz

11th : #rahat ( theme - relief) not poet 

12th : #JaunEliya

13th : #MehdiHasan - death anniversary ( please name poet of the ghazals)

Sunday 31 May 2015

is hafte #shair mein

1st : #awwal (first)

2nd : #AmirQazilbash
&
#AmeeqHanfi

3rd : #sabz (green/ prospering) & #ujada ( desolate)

4th : #ShazTamkinat
&
#DevmaniPandeya ( birthday)

5th : #Khuda ( Reference to God in every form - Bhagwan, Allah, God)

6th : #FatimaHasan
&
#DiptiNaval
&
#RanaAkbarabadi
&
#MeenaKumari

Sunday 24 May 2015

Iss hafte #shair mein

25th May : any verse where the Qaafiya  ends in 'aaye'
Eg:
dil hii to hai na sang-o-KHisht dard se bhar na aaye kyun
ro.e.nge ham hazaar baar koii hame.n sataaye kyun
Aaye and sataaye  are the Qaafiya

26th May : #Qateel Shifayi

27th : #baarish ( to cool down the TL as  Sandeep Bhutani suggested)

28th : #Chakbast

29th : #saqi 

30th :
#PratapSomvanshi
&
#DevendraArya
&
#RajendraTiwari
&
#MadhavKaushik
&
#VinayMishra
( suggested by Sandeep Bhutani)

Sunday 17 May 2015

is hafte #shair mein

18th  : #Obaidullah Aleem ( death anniversary)
&
#QaiserulJafri

19th : #shikast ( defeat) & shikasta ( defeated)

20th : #NawazDeobandi
&
#NazeerBanarsi
&
#ZafarIqbal

21st : #ittefaq ( coincidence)

22nd : #garmi

23rd : #ByMe & #OurShair

24th : #Majrooh Sultanpuri ( death anniversary)

Sunday 10 May 2015

11th : #MunawwarRana #GetWellSoon

12th : #parvaaz ( flight/ feeling of freedom/ achievement)

13th: #HasratMohani ( death anniversary)

14th : #wisaal ( sangam, milaap, mael)

15th : #MohsinZaidi
&
#KalimAjiz

16th : #rubaayi ( only rubaayi by any poet english or urdu)

Sunday 26 April 2015

is hafte #shair men


27th : #NaKhuda ( boatman)

28th;  #musafir

29th : #AmirMinai

30th : #FahmidaRiaz
&
#SaraShagufta

1st : #Awaam ( public) 

2nd : #SuhailKakorvi
&
#Saail Dehlvi

4th : #Ashiaana

5th : #MohsinNaqvi birth anniversary

6th : #Insaniyat

7th : #FaniBadayuni

8th : #tasveer

10th : #KaifiAzmi death anniversary

Sunday 19 April 2015

is hafte #shair mein

20th : #Shakeel Badayuni Death anniversary 20th April 1970

21st : Allama #Iqbal Death Anniversary 21st April 1938

22nd  : #any verse which refers to a body part- e.g. eyes, nose, hands, feet, eyebrows etc
#badan

23rd : #NomanShauq
&
#FarhatEhsas

24th : #qasid ( messenger)

25th : #MixMatch kisi ek ghazal ke do sher ke do misre mila ke ek naya sher suggested by @abidzaidi1


Sunday 12 April 2015

iss hafte #shair mein

13th : on occasion of Baisakhi any verse which celebrates the harvest  and growing of crops
#Baisakhi
&
Verses in Punjabi celebrating the festival

14th : #Tamasha ( anything related to tomato/spectacle)

15th : #HariChandAkhtar ( birth anniversary)
&
#AkhtarShirani

16th :  #ilm ( knowledge)

17th : any verse which uses a colloquial term
example
vaise hii kaahe ye kaam gul-ruu
aashiq hii na go hazaar hove
#dialect
( suggestions for change in hashtag welcome)

18th #OurShair & #ByMe ( celebrating the poetic talent in our #shair family... those who write please tweet as much of your work as you can)

19th : #MunirNiazi ( birth Anniversary)

Sunday 5 April 2015

is hafte #shair mein

6th : #Jigar Moradabadi birthday
06/04/1890

7th : #bazm

8th : #Daagh Dehlvi

9th : #geography ( any verse with reference to a geographical term - nadi, dariya, pahad, zameen, ped, etc

10th :  Abdul Hameed #Adam (  birthday) 10 April 1910

11th : #AbidaParveen ( video links and verses from her ghazals and sufi songs. Do name poet too)

Sunday 29 March 2015

#ShairSalgirah


On 5th April 2011 I gave the idea of a hash tagged group to some friends who were fond of shayri and tweeting it.
On 6th April #shairoftheday  was born with
@dandiwakh  tweeting the first verse under the hashtag.
Later it was shortened to #shair  as it took too much space.
The handle @shairoftheday  was created in November  2011 along with this blogspot to take care of our growing family.
This week we invite everyone to share their favourite experiences in their #shair  journey .
It can be via their own lines, turban do or serious verse.
Via their favourites by friends
And it will culminate in a tarahi mushaira on Sat with the famous  misra Jigar Moradabadi
"Apni apni zabaan hai pyaare"
Everyone please  join in. You don't have to be worried about being precise. As long as we learn via fun it's fine


30th & 31st March : #shairsafar
Your personal  journey in # shair via your own verse or by verses or even prose  of others

1st April #tukbandi/ #mazahiya
Anything which fits into the spirit of 1st April. You can even write verses on your friends 

2nd  April : your favourite forms of Hindustani poetry
#MeriPasand
You tweet lines from your favourite form along with something about it.

 3rd  April : #myshair
Best of our/others tweets under hashtag #MyShair during the year

4th April : #tarahi
Misra  tarah
"Apni apni zabaan hai pyaare"
Qaafiya - zabaan
Radeef - 'hai pyaare :
5th April : #ShairSalgirah 
Verses which fit #shair and our 
#shair family : tukbandi/ serious verses on all our friends here and about #shair

Just have fun
If you don't want to follow this schedule tweet anything which fits into #shair  ethos with hashtag
#ShairSalgirah

Sunday 22 March 2015

iss hafte #shair mein

To remember our beloved martyrs Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev on the anniversary of their martyrdom and all the other martyrs who gave their lives for India's freedom #shair will celebrate this week as
#ShaheedonKeNaam

23rd : #RamPrasadBismil
&
#Ashfaqullah Khan
&
#BismilAzimabadi
Curator will be Saket Gupta ji

24th : #HasratMohani
&
Maulana Altaf Hussain #Hali
&
Mohammad Ali #Jauhar

25th : #JoshMalihabadi
&
Bahadur Shah #Zafar

curator for both 24th & 25th  will be Shailendra Bharadwaj

26th : Trilok Chand #Mehroom
&
#JaganathAzad

Curator Saket Gupta ji

27th : #ASJafri
&
#KaifiAzmi

28th : All poets who contributed to the freedom struggle

27th and 28th we are all curators and I request all of us to keep posting snippets on poetry and its contribution to the Freedom struggle

( the schedule is based on suggestion of Saket Gupta ji with inputs from Shailendra)


Sunday 15 March 2015

Iss hafte #shair mein

16th : #dastaan ( verses which talk of any story - fictional or historical ) 
17th : #AdaJafri ( tribute)

18th : #zaahir ( obvious, evident)

19th : #Yagana Chengezi
&
#MohdAlvi

20th : #bachpan ( including poems written for children)

21st : Ehsaan #Danish ( death Anniversary)
&
Iftikhar #Arif ( birthday)

From this week let's take #shair a bit more forward as a tool for learning with fun.

Every week I will request a few members to contribute to the topic _ biographical anecdotes about the poet, different meanings for words given as themes. 
This week can 
@shalinipardeep, @DoctorNayab , @akhtarZaidi2408  
take this responsibility?
the rest of us will also get turns each week. You can volunteer for topics an poets ahead of time too

Sunday 8 March 2015

iss hafte #shair mein

9th : #matla (he first sher, or couplet, of a ghazal)

10th : Abdul Hameed #Adam (Death anniversary)
&
Aadam ( references to the first man)

11th : #maqta ( all verses which contain the takhallus/penname of poet)

12th : #doha

13th : #HabibJalib (death Anniversary)

14th : #Noshi Gilani (Birthday)
&
#Daagh Dehlvi (death Anniversary)

Sunday 1 March 2015

iss hafte #shair mein


2nd : #inkisari ( humility)
&
#anaa (ego)

3rd : #Nasirkazmi
&
#Firaq Gorakhpuri
( death anniversaries)

4th : kashmakash (dilemna, struggle, tussle)


5th : #HoliSongs ( holy songs from films, lokgeet and  folksongs)

6th : #rang ( Holi)

7th : #rekhti
Rekhti is a particular genre of Urdu poetry adopted by male poets, which employs women’s special idioms, mannerisms and accents to describe particular women


8th : #Sahir Ludhianvi #Birth Anniversary 

Wednesday 18 February 2015

iss hafte #shair mein

22nd : #BekhudDehlvi - birth Anniversary
&
#JoshMalihabadi Death anniversary

23rd : #Shayera - Sher'r by women poets on Azaad, Azaadi, Parwaaz, Kaamyaabi

24th :  #FarhatEhsas 
&
#FarhatAbbas

25th : #Darmiyaan - Sher'r mentioning, time between Sunset and sunrise

26th : #unkahi Sher with adhura, Aadhi/adhuri baat, kahi-Unkahi

27th : #NizamRampuri
&
#BaqarMehdi

28 Th : #Naghme - Memorable lyrics of popular Bollywood songs, upto the 70s

Sunday 15 February 2015

Iss hafte #shair mein

16th : #KalimAjiz

17th : #imaarat ( any verse which refers to a building- concrete or temporary - mitti)

18th : #WaseemBarelvi

19th : #izhaar ( expressing love)
&
#inkaar ( denying love)

20th #do (any verse with word do-2 , bees- 20 or any no. With 2 in it) 
&
#Bhawani Prasad Mishra Death anniversary

21st #doha
& Suryakant Tripathi #Nirala Birth anniversary

Sunday 8 February 2015

Iss hafte #shair mein

9th : #nadeem ( dost, companion, friend)

10th :  #AlokSrivastava
&
Naresh Kumar Shaad #NKShaad

11th : #bahisht

12th :  all verses which refer to unfulfilled  desires
#arzoo

13th : #Shahryar

14th : #ishq

Sunday 1 February 2015

Iss hafte #shair mein

2nd : Khushbir Singh #Shaad
&
#AdamGondvi

3rd : #main (I , me, myself)

4th : #Makhdoom Mohiuddin (birth anniversary )

5th : any verse with reference to a bird/ beast #janawar

6th : #sufi ( poetry by Sufi masters on themes of oneness with God) any language

7th : Main aur meri tanhai : verses which keep you company when you are lonely, depressed,  ecstatic. 
#TanhaiMein ( note  theme isnt tanhai but what you do in it )

Some observations &suggestions from #shair  meet in Delhi

1. It was observed that in trying to tag friends we invariably  sacrifice content.
Instead it was suggested that we only tag @shairoftheday handle.
That way we can read all the tweets on a given day there or by searching #shair  hashtag.
And in the space left  we add poets name & meanings of difficult words.
If you want your friends  to read just tag them by pressing rey to the sherr tweet and writing their names.

2. We MUST ADD name of poets
In absence of that it is taken to be by one tweeting. Also poets should get their due.

3. We can try and read some of the tweets made by others to avoid repetition  especially  of famous verses

4. Its my suggestion that we have some senior members to curate the handle once every month for a week. To be chosen by few of us. The first curator  will be @anandnama
That way we add freshness of thought.
Curator wilk make the schedule and lead the discussion  for that week.

5. We keep a simple and easy format during the week for maximum  participation  and on Sundays we experiment.

Anyone is welcome to send suggestions with #shersuggestion - dm it please

Sunday 25 January 2015

iss hafte #shair mein

26th : #Tarahi Mushaira -
http://shairoftheday.blogspot.in/2015/01/tarahi-mushaira-on-26th-january.html

The misra is
The Tarahi Mushaira is a particular form where a misra is given, and poets compose their ghazals using that misra and the behar (rhythmic metre) of the misra. 
 make it a grand success

NOTE :

"Ye mulk humara hai, ye mulk tumhara hai"

The radio will be hai
qaafiya will be ara

http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2010/01/tarahi-mushairas-glorious-tradition-of.html
guide for tarahi 

(Giving links of previous #tarahi as well -
1.http://shairoftheday.blogspot.in/2011/11/tarahi-mushaira.html
2. http://shairoftheday.blogspot.in/2011/11/27th
3. https://ranasafvi.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/tarahi-mushaira-in-shair-on-20th-and-21st-july/

27th : #mehman

28th : #NazeerAkbarabadi
&
#gaanv


29th : #AdeemHashmi
&
#AasiGhazipuri

30th : #mitti

31st : #Seemab Akbarabadi ( death anniversary)


NOTE :Radeef is the word/phrase that is repeated at the end of the second line in every shair. In your example, it'd be "yaad hai."
Both lines of the very first sher (matla), usually end in the same radeef.

Qaafia is the pattern of word(s) that rhyme and come just before the radeef in the second line of a sher. i.e. zamaanaa, dabaanaa, lagaanaa


chupkay chupkay raat din aansu bahaana yaad hai
ham ko ab tak aashqi ka wo zamaanaa yaad hai

baahzaaraan iztiraab-o-sadhzaaraan ishtiyaaq 
tujhsay wo pahlay pahal dil kaa lagaanaa yaad hai 

tujhsay miltay hi wo baybaak ho jaanaa meraa 
aur teraa daanton main wo ungli dabaanaa yaad hai

Sunday 18 January 2015

iss hafte #shair mein

19th : #Chakbast (birth anniversary)

20th : Abid Ali #Abid ( death Anniversary)

21st : #bosa

22nd : #Aurat

23rd : #MyFav

24th & 25th : Hubb ul Watani #HubbeWatan
On 26th we will continue this along with the #tarahi mushaira

Saturday 10 January 2015

#Tarahi Mushaira on 26th January

What is Tarahi Mushaira?
In Tarahi Mushaira one line (misra-e-tarah) of a ghazal is provided by the organizers and the participants write their own shairs based on the same.
Misra-e-tarah
Misra-e-tarah for this Tarahi Mushaira is provided by @AshishJog

"Ye mulk humara hai, ye mulk tumhara hai"

Participants are requested to tweet their shairs based on the above misra-e-tarah. The shair should follow the same Qaafiya, Radeed and Beher. Please add hashtags #Tarahi and #Shair to your tweets.
Qaafiya, Radeef and Beher of the misra-e-tarah are explained below.

Qaafiya - "Tumhara"

Participants can use both "ara" (such as humara, sitara etc.)  as qaafiya.
Radeef - "Hai"
Beher

The given misra is set in Beher-e-Mazaara Musamman Akhrab. The arrangement of Arkaan in this Beher is as follows-

Maf-uu-lu   Faa-i-laa-tun  Maf-uu-lu  Faa-i-laa-tun
2-2-1          2-1-2-2           2-2-1        2-1-2-2
"Saare jahaa'n se achchha Hindostaa'n humaara" by Allama Iqbal is  set in this Beher.
This is the poem by Ashish Jog from which the misra is taken.
The description is also given by him.
members who may need help please consult @gulrayys , @doctornayab, @ashishjog , @abidzaidi1 for any doubts on how to write a verse with correct qaafiya, radeef and beher


iss hafte #shair mein

12th : Ahmed #Faraz ( birth anniversary)

13th: #Nasheman

14th : #KaifiAzmi
&
#Hafiz Jullandhury
&
#JaiShankarPrasad
( birth anniversaries of all 3 great poets)

 15th : #MohsinNaqvi ( death anniversary)
&
#Wasif Ali Wasif ( birth anniversary)

16th : #MyFav ( all Fridays reserved for my favorite couplets)
Verses which are tweeted should be in 2 or 3 for those who know Urdu language
That is you write the same verse in Roman, Urdu and Devanagari script

17th & 18th : Gham-e-Dauran Progressive urdu poetry ( please check out the names of poets of this movement and quote them only) Suggested by Shailendra Bhardwaj . Hashtag will be poets nameThe reason is also to learn new information regarding poets/ poetry


17th is also birthday of #JavedAkhtar

members feel that there should be no limit on verses tweeted . Please tweet good selection as per your discretion

Saturday 3 January 2015

iss hafte #shair mein

Naye saal ki sabko mubarakbad

iss naye Saal mein kuchh naye tajurbe taake #shair ko aur behtar bana sake

iss hafte se 5 din ka schedule ... weekend par active rehang jab stab free hot hair or beech men do din ka araam.. ( to prevent reader fatigue)

Mon : #JaleelManikpuri
&
Ibrahim #Ashk

Wed : #Naakhuda

Fri : In every verse the theme of the day  word #kaala (black) should be used but only as an synonym.
Note #kaala itself should not be used only its synonyms.

Sat : #munsif

Sun : This verse is the theme :
"raftaa raftaa vo merii hastii kaa saamaa.N ho gaye 
pahale jaan phir jaan-e-jaa.N phir jaan-e-jaanaa.N ho gaye"
#sherr

We have to tweet verses with one or two or more words from it 

NOTE :
ON 26TH JAN WE WILL KEEP TARAHI MUSHAIRA HERE

Please try and tag new people and bring in new members.
ALSO PLEASE SEND IN AS MANY SUGGESTIONS AS YOU CAN FOR NEXT SCHEDULES