Well you all know that my papa was born in Ajmer sharif with the blessing from the shrine of the sufi saint Hazrat Khawaja moin uddin chishti (RA).He was a very devoted devotee of Khawaja Saab...well read and true follower of his teachings...every year the islamic month of rajab in which khawaja saab Urs is held in Ajmer we used to celebrate it here with the same zeal...offering fateha and qawwali functions .This is the third Urs of Khawaja ghareeb nawaz after Papa's death...even in his post superannuation and post illness days Papa was very social and active....he was an unofficial custodian and a father figure for all the followers of Khawaja saab in Karachi and especially for those from the city of Ajmer.Today I am remembering how excited he would have been had he had been alive today....planning the fateha ,inviting uncles and aunts,chatting with his childhood friends on the phone anxious to know if all the annual functions are being held this year or not...holding my hand and telling me how the food is cooked in those giant deg at dargha...details of the urs and the internal conflicts of the Khadims(chishti)....and me thinking i'll miss my show on tv ...trying to pull my hand from his...and sincerely praying imaging myself standing in the shrine of Khawaja saab....that a bell ring phone or door....and usually it did.lolKhwaja Mere Khwaja
Dil Mein Sama Ja
Shaho Ka Shah Tu
Ali Ka Dulara
Khwaja Mere Khwaja Dil Mein Sama Ja
Khwaja Mere Khwaja Dil Mein Sama Ja
Beqaso Ki Taqdeer, Tune Hai Sawari
Beqaso Ki Taqdeer, Tune Hai Sawari
Khwaja Mere Khwaja
Dil Mein Sama Ja
Shaho Ka Shah Tu
Ali Ka Dulara
Khwaja Ji
Khwaja Ji
Well you all know that my papa was born in Ajmer sharif with the blessing from the shrine of the sufi saint Hazrat Khawaja moin uddin chishti (RA).He was a very devoted devotee of Khawaja Saab...well read and true follower of his teachings...every year the islamic month of rajab in which khawaja saab Urs is held in Ajmer we used to celebrate it here with the same zeal...offering fateha and qawwali functions .This is the third Urs of Khawaja ghareeb nawaz after Papa's death...even in his post superannuation and post illness days Papa was very social and active....he was an unofficial custodian and a father figure for all the followers of Khawaja saab in Karachi and especially for those from the city of Ajmer.Today I am remembering how excited he would have been had he had been alive today....planning the fateha ,inviting uncles and aunts,chatting with his childhood friends on the phone anxious to know if all the annual functions are being held this year or not...holding my hand and telling me how the food is cooked in those giant deg at dargha...details of the urs and the internal conflicts of the Khadims(chishti)....and me thinking i'll miss my show on tv ...trying to pull my hand from his...and sincerely praying imaging myself standing in the shrine of Khawaja saab....that a bell ring phone or door....and usually it did.lol
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