1/1: naqsha

chaahiye us ke tasavvur hi se

naqsha kheenchna

dekh kar tasveer ko

tasveer phir kheenchi to kya

one show draw a portrait

from just one's imagination

if a picture is drawn by

looking at another...what's the point?

Bahadur Shah Zafar

(10)

tasavvur (5) imagination

tasveer (6) photo, picture, image

naqsha (1) map, diagram, plan

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Fahmida Riaz (4)

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Naresh Kumar Shad (3)

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Akbar Hyderabadi (2)

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