Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb Meaning
Post 1992 when there were calls of garv se kaho hum hindu hain and garv se kaho hum musalman.
Ganga jamuni tehzeeb meaning. It assumes a peaceful merging of hindu and muslim culture and lifestyle in banaras as expresed in their frienships joint festivities and interdependence. So long as i abuse modi violently recite faiz visit ajmer sharif cook shaljam gosht turnip and lamb curry listen to begum akhtar and read arundhati roy i am a fine liberal and part of the club. But in the process the subtlety of symbolism is lost. How diverse is the indian multiculturalism as a believer promoter and firm practitioner of ganga jamuni tehzeeb i am often asked what it really stands for.
Let me start by showing you this famous artwork by m c escher titled ascending and descending although he was an artist m c escher has a cult following among mathematicians because of the exploration of infinity in his work. When maryam performs tandava stotram to sufi beats the ganga jamuni tehzeeb that india stands for comes alive. Ganga jamuni tehzeeb compares the hindu muslim harmony and frienship to the holy confluence of india s major rivers the ganga and yamuna. Ganga yamuna tehzeeb literally means ganga yamuna culture.
I had explained it once simply as. Vibrant relationship the ganga jamuni tehzeeb exemplifies the unique bond of friendship tolerance and mutual respect between hindu and muslims. In terms of performances hussain outdoes subedi but the latter hasn t quite failed. We will come back to what is special about this picture.
Express photo by amit chakravarty juhi chaturvedi who has written the story screenplay and dialogues of amitabh bachchan ayushmann khurrana starrer gulabo sitabo talks about the origins of gulabo sitabo her fascination for home and the ganga jamuni tehzeeb that she has paid an ode to with the shoojit sircar directorial. For many others and me it s a way of life. A creed we live by. Ganga jamuni tehzeeb hindustani for ganges yamuna culture also spelled as ganga jamni tehzeeb is the culture of the central plains of northern india especially the doab region of ganges ganga and yamuna rivers that is a syncretic fusion of hindu cultural elements with muslim religious elements.
Warikoo professor at the centre for inner asian studies at jawaharlal nehru. The term used as a euphemism for the fusion of hindu and muslim elements. Juhi chaturvedi s gulabo sitabo is streaming on amazon prime video. Although the two great rivers ganga and jamuna are rivers of the north and are associated geographically with deccan the phrase representing hindu muslim unity has percolated down south as well.
Same as the phrase we learnt in childhood unity in diversity.