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The Poet: Sudarshan Faakir سدرشن فاکر was born in فیروزپور Ferozepur, Punjab, British India, in 1935. He lived most of his life in جالندھر Jalandhar, Punjab. He did his M.A. in Political Science and English from D.A.V. (Dayanand Anglo Vedic) College, Jalandhar. He for a while worked at the Jalandhar AIR (All India Radio), and then moved to Bombay. In addition to Urdu ghazals, he also wrote songs for Indian movies. He passed away in Jalandhar on 18 February 2008. He was one of a handful of post-partition Hindu poets who wrote beautiful Urdu poetry. The Singer: Begum Akhtar بیگم اختر (her first name was Akhtari) was born in فیض آباد Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh (then United Provinces), India, in 1914. She is also known as اختری بائی فیض آبادی Akhtari Bai Faizabadi. Her mother مشتری Mushtari and father اصغر حسین Asghar Hussain separated when she was very young. Her twin sister زہرا Zohra died at the age of 4. She was raised by her mother. She got training in music from classical music teachers in Patna, Patiala, and Lahore. She finally became a student of استاد جھنڈے خان Ustad Jhande Khan. Her first public performance was at the age of fifteen. She also acted in a few movies. In 1945 she married a barrister, اشتیاق احمد عباسی Ishtiaq Ahmed Abbasi, and became known as Begum Akhtar. Soon differences appeared as her husband was against her singing. In 1949 she resumed her singing from Lucknow Radio Station. She soon turned to singing in concerts. She died on 7 October 1974 in احمد آباد Ahmedabad, where she had gone for a concert. Begum Akhtar was awarded the Padma Bhushan award posthumously. KhamoshTamashai 21 July 2014 خاموش تماشائی