Kaheen to beher-e-khuda aaj zikr-e-yaar chale, Justice Katju remembers Faiz Ahmed Faiz on his birth anniversary. That evening I wrote a leaflet with the heading "High Court ya kasai ghar?" ( i.e. 'High Court or Slaughterhouse?') Below that I quoted the sher of Faiz mentioned above (Bane hai ahal-e-hawas muddai bhi munsif bhi ---)
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The poets on the dias then recited some of their poems. The last to be called upon, and the one we were really waiting for, was Faiz Saheb himself.
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