tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post752606581244655577..comments2024-03-25T22:25:27.515+05:30Comments on Madly-in-Verse: Z is for Zeal...and Zilch...and ZafarNilanjana Bosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-63883653653024050732015-05-03T02:14:03.595+05:302015-05-03T02:14:03.595+05:30Thank youse for the messages of congratulations. B...Thank youse for the messages of congratulations. Back to you too. Survived! Yay! and phew! :)Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-6069999097394561852015-05-02T19:28:02.474+05:302015-05-02T19:28:02.474+05:30Congrats on reaching the A to Z finishing line, Ni...Congrats on reaching the A to Z finishing line, Nila!<br />I’m just sorry that I didn’t get to read all your wonderful poetry. <br />So you MAY see me lurking around your blog, trying to play catch-up...<br />This was my fifth challenge, but this time round I didn’t get to visit as many blogs as I’d have liked to…<br />And I do hope that you are planning on publishing these poems...<br /><br />Michelle Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02750092836481599870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-14731811226581660072015-05-02T16:11:00.650+05:302015-05-02T16:11:00.650+05:30Agree with you that it was the times...the Mughals...Agree with you that it was the times...the Mughals did the general populace no favours either. Not exactly paragons any of them... or their contemporaries anywhere else in the world...for all their patronage of great poets and artists...pretty ruthless kings...occupational hazard. Glad most of us have moved onto different systems of governance...phew!Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-79863895807451536492015-04-30T23:11:02.438+05:302015-04-30T23:11:02.438+05:30Hi Nila - we did do many things wrong .. but it wa...Hi Nila - we did do many things wrong .. but it was the times - and we have changed much, and learnt .. I think I'll leave that there!!<br /><br />Zafar sounds a wonderful poet ... and the history is interesting, even if sombre making and sad ... <br /><br />Thanks for being so supportive - as well as opening our eyes to the wonderful poets and writings that abound in our world - if we had Hilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-58858543467570583902015-04-30T22:02:19.707+05:302015-04-30T22:02:19.707+05:30You've ended the alphabet with a characteristi...You've ended the alphabet with a characteristically beautiful poem, Nila. Thank you for introducing me to Nagore and Paz and a host of other sublime poets I wouldn't have encountered otherwise. It's been a delight moving through the alphabet with you, and I look forward to all your future non-alphabetic posts. Congratulations!Susan Brodyhttp://www.theartofnotgettingpublished.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-68522986266304718272015-04-30T21:39:18.808+05:302015-04-30T21:39:18.808+05:30I am now more educated in Indian history. I'm ...I am now more educated in Indian history. I'm not sure I would want to rule anything. I'd rather write.<br /><br />Congrats on surviving the challenge! :)David P. Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259276981865439853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-44320830313710295972015-04-30T20:44:38.623+05:302015-04-30T20:44:38.623+05:30Congratulations on finishing the Challenge! Very e...Congratulations on finishing the Challenge! Very educational last post. I will definitely read some more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-61383632214174719712015-04-30T20:36:19.175+05:302015-04-30T20:36:19.175+05:30Shame they forced him to be the Emperor when all h...Shame they forced him to be the Emperor when all he wanted to do was write and focus on the arts.<br />Congratulations on completing the Challenge!Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-37442895825330087222015-04-30T19:41:17.820+05:302015-04-30T19:41:17.820+05:30Thanks for sharing the translation for that second...Thanks for sharing the translation for that second poem. I never heard of Zafar, so thanks also for the history lesson. :)Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.com