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rolly
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 |  Posted 2006-03-04 8:31 AM
Subject: sohni mahiwal - marna jeena tere naal
Sohni was the daughter of a potter named Tula, who lived in Punjab
near the banks of the Chenab River. As soon as the Surahis (water
pitchers) and mugs came off the wheels, she would draw floral designs
on them and transform them into masterpieces of art.
Izzat Biag, the rich trader form Balakh Bukhara, came to India on
business but when he saw the beautiful Sohni he was completely
enchanted. Instead of keeping mohars (gold coins) in his pockets, he
roamed around with his pockets full of love. Just to get a glimpse of
Sohni he would end up buying the water pitchers and mugs everyday.
Sohni lost her heart to Izzat Baig. Instead of making floral designs on
earthenware she started building castles of love in her dreams. Izzat
Baig sent off his companions to Balakh Bukhara. He took the job of a
servant in the house of Tula, the potter. He would even take their
buffaloes for grazing. Soon he was known as Mahiwal (potter).
When the people started spreading rumors about the love of Sohni and
Mahiwal, without her consent her parents arranged her marriage with
another potter.
Suddenly, one day his barat (marriage party) arrived at the threshold
of her house. Sohni was helpless and in a poignant state. Her parents
bundled her off in the doli (palanquin), but they could not pack off
her love in any doli (box).
Izzat Baig renounced the world and started living like a fakir (hermit)
in a small hut across the river. The earth of Sohni’s land was like a
dargah (shrine) for him. He had forgotten his own land, his own people
and his world. Taking refuge in the darkness of the night when the
world was fast asleep Sohni would come by the riverside and Izzat Baig
would swim across the river to meet her. He would regularly roast a
fish and bring it for her. It is said that once due to high tide he
could not catch a fish, so he cut a piece of his thigh and roasted it.
Seeing the bandage on his thigh, Sohni opened it, saw the wound and
cried.
From the next day Sohni started swimming across the river with the help
of an earthen pitcher as Izzat Baig was so badly wounded, he could not
swim across the river. Soon spread the rumors of their romantic
rendezvous. One-day Sohni’s sister-in-law followed her and saw the
hiding place where Sohni used to keep her earthen pitcher among the
bushes. The next day her sister-in-law removed the hard baked pitcher
and replaced it with an unbaked one. At night when Sohni tried to cross
the river with the help of the pitcher, it dissolved in the water and
Sohni was drowned. From the other side of the river Mahiwal saw Sohni
drowning and jumped into the river.
This was Sohni’s courage, which every woman of Punjab has recognized, and is applauded in songs: "Sohni was drowned, but her soul still swims in water..."
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sometimes I wish I was a litle boy again... skinned knees are easier to heal than broken hearts
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mayuri.mg
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Posts: 1349
Location: Chandigarh | Posted 2006-03-04 8:34 AM
Subject: Re: sohni mahiwal - marna jeena tere naal
utmost devotion....**applause**
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I hav had enuf.So i want more now. | |
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tina012
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| Posted 2009-08-04 4:03 AM
Subject: Re: sohni mahiwal - marna jeena tere naal
such a sweet story, is it a true story?
please somebody tell me if it is a true story? | |
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jon
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Posts: 345
| Posted 2009-08-22 2:06 AM
Subject: Re: sohni mahiwal - marna jeena tere naal
Quote:
Originally posted by tina012 - 2009-08-04 4:03 AM
such a sweet story, is it a true story?
please somebody tell me if it is a true story? haanji ekdum true story hai .. mere pichhle janam ki kahani hai .. jismein main mahiwal tha aur katrina kaif soni 
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tanu
Posts: 516
Location: U.A.E | Posted 2009-08-24 1:54 AM
Subject: Re: sohni mahiwal - marna jeena tere naal
ya this is true ek dum true story but SOHNI MAHIWAL ki kabar to pakistan mein hai na ...???
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tina012
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Posts: 161
| Posted 2009-08-24 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: sohni mahiwal - marna jeena tere naal
hanste hanste mar jaayenge aashiq
par na rahenge akele
kabar pe aashiqon ki
lagenge har saal mele
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kriti
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Posts: 130
| Posted 2009-10-01 1:06 AM
Subject: RE: sohni mahiwal - marna jeena tere naal
 Sohni lies buried in Shahdapur, Sindh, some 75 km from Hyderabad, Pakistan. According to the legend the bodies of Sohni Mahiwal were recovered from the River Indus near this city and hence are buried there.
The love story of Sohni and Mahiwal has been the inpiration for numerous songs and poetry in Pakistan, including Pathanay Khan's famous song "Sohni Gharay nu akha di mainu yaar milawa".
An Indian film was also made with the name Sohni-Mahiwal(1984) starring Sunny Deol and Poonam Dhillon.
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