On 22nd October we had our first offline #shairBaithak in Humayun’s Tomb.Theme was #ShahiKalam or own verse. Great success
This is a platform to give upcoming posts as well as established ones a platform
It was well publicised thanks to Navbharat Times, Delhi so we saw many people coming from outside twitter
Images courtesy Syed Mohammed Qasim, Aditya Pathak and some I took myself
Shamshad Sahab read in the papers and came over. He set the ball rolling
Shaiullah Anis a #shair member from twitter recites his verse
https://youtu.be/iSAxT_NMiqg
Salim Subhanvi who is a voiceover artist and voice of Nobi’s father and Teacher first gave an example from Doraemon then recited his own verses
https://youtu.be/YIeI6XU1qn0
Salim Subhanvi. He too read in the newspapers and came
https://youtu.be/0ltaopXj1dY
Longstanding #shair member Anand Pandey recites his verse
https://youtu.be/AeP_uO-MJNk
https://youtu.be/ArWaKjhyd2s
Well known poet Subodh Lal Ji recites his verse
https://youtu.be/5QoVPCssr7M
#shair member Islam Hussain came from Nainital with his wife to attend
https://youtu.be/AThvQ6XXQRQ
Arunima PATHAK sings Zafar. They were not allowed to bring in their guitar so Aditya PATHAK improvised
https://youtu.be/QVdwFzZUcF8
A businessman who read in the newspapers graced the occasion with his verse
https://youtu.be/xGNnYqjtjZI
Another #shair member Shashank recites his poem
https://youtu.be/RFgwdpDuqHM
Ghanshyam came up to me and said I’ve never had a chance to recite my verse. He had read in the papers about this baithak and came to join us
https://youtu.be/Bj-SLqLTNbc
#shair member Shailendra Bharadwaj came from Meerut for the occasion Here he recites his verse.
https://youtu.be/fW8Bxsb6U04
#shair member Rajni Sharma recites her verses
Gayatri Manchanda recited her verses given below. Unfortunately I couldnt capture a video
बुझ गया है सब या कोई चिंगारी बाकी है ? मरते को जिलाने के लिये इतना काफी है ।
रखें उम्मीद पहलू में या दामन नया कर लें?
नया बाज़ार, मंहगा दिल, खरीदार काफी है।
इसी पशोपस में जिये जा रहें हैं कुछ दिनों से,
तन्हा करने को रुख्सत-ए-गमख्वार बाकी हैं ।
चिंगारियाँ झोली में तेरी रोज़ गिरती होंगी,
पर हम सी न होगी ,उम्मीद इतनी बाकी है ।
#गायत्री
It was hugely successful and covered by Navbharat times and Hindustan
Here’s to many more baithak.
The next one on 26th November at Wutub Complex in lawns near Alai Minar at 3 pm
