Sakal Ban Phool || Raga Bahar || Episode 36 || 1001 BANDISHES || Manali Bose 

Wow. One correction though...Ashique-rang was the pen-name of the last Moghul emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar, who was the pupil of Ustad Tanras Khansaheb of the Delhi Gharana: Here is a piece I wrote for my edit page column in February 2013 in The Economic Times on this very bandish: Mango / Tango VITHAL C NADKARNI The liquid-lute-like call of orioles heralds mango blossom season in the city. The forest too is aflame with Palash, and the fields awash with golden mustard. “It’s time to bring home pitchers brimming with flowers,” says a famous verse that the ill-starred `Last Moghul’, Bahadur Shah Zafar, composed but which is often attributed to Hazrat Amir Khusrau. A variety of flowers adorn the door of Khwaja Nizamuddin Aulia, the Sufi master, says Zafar who composed the song under the pen-name, Ashak-rang. The song ends with the plaint that years have passed but the Khwaja who promised to come in a moment, has still not returned! Meanwhile the great cycle of seasons continues to revolve like an invisible machine: mangoes blossom and orioles arrive with seemingly uncanny precision as do festivals such as Eid al-Kabir. One such occasion has been immortalised in a 12-part panorama painted by Sir Thomas Metcalfe, the East India Company’s agent at Bahadur Shah Zafar’s court in 1843. It shows the Emperor seated on his royal elephant returning with his heirs and relatives in procession after offering Eid prayers. Barely a decade later, Bahadur Shah Zafar lost his throne in the abortive bid for independence. In another verse describing his fall, Zafar called himself “the ruined harvest of the parched skies (Jo chaman Khijr se ujad gaya, mein usi ki fasl-bahar hoon).” But nothing, except perhaps Time, endures forever: within a century, the Sun also set on the British Empire. Yet the Earth revolves around the Sun, creating the ebb and rise of seasons: orioles arrive, mangoes blossom, as they always have. ENDS// 1,347 characters without spaces excluding heading and byline (265 words) ...

RU-vid is recommending this after I watched heeramandi series.

Thank u for this 🙏

Excellent

Beautiful heavy and resonating voice.perfect.

Good

Was it written by Amir Khusro? Ashiq Rang was the pen name of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal Emperor.

Outstanding singing 🎶

Outstanding❤

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Excellent ❤

Waah di

Beautiful 👌🏻🙏🏻

Like 644 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 Good morning dear Very nice upload dear wha kya baat hai zabardas Masha Allah Aap ka jawab nahi Very beautiful singing dear Bohot khubsurat gate ho aap sun ke bohat acha lagta hai So sweet voice dear Jitni bhi tarif ki jaye kam hai aap ki Thanks for sharing 👌👌👌👌👌♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️👌👌👌👌👌👌♥️♥️🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🥰🙏

really splendid !

Bahut sundar

Pleasing rendition

Waah

Wawa

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Manali ji sakal Ban ful Rahi sarson. Aapki aavaz sada Bahar rahen AISI prbhu SE prarthna..jivan Mai ભી baharen aayen .ek binti gate vakat mushkaan bani Rahe

Adbhut, perfect sur lage, with full energy, salute to ur gayki

Divine voice & singing! ❤

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Manali di splendid rendition. Cannot believe I have never heard or heard off you

Very nice singing - watched this after listening in Heeramandi

Simply outstanding It is great to hear this song based on raag bahar sung by several great singers

I did not expect this much 😢😢😢❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉

Such a heart touching melodious presentation

I enjoyed listening this! 💐💐💐💐❤️

Brilliant

Lovely 😂❤❤❤

Excellently rendered! Like this bandish a lot!

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