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From the cover of an issue of the magazine ArtConnect, a publication of the India Foundation of the Arts, Bangalore.
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In December 1954, Govt of India sent an 8-member team on a goodwill mission to the Middle East. AR Kardar was a part of the team. In a report published by him, he gave the money made by the film Aan in Egypt. He used these figures to convince other producers to make pictures like that and send to the Middle-East.
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This is from a PhD dissertation in Hindi, submitted to a university from Jhansi in 1989.
In Hindi, Rupak Alankar is a figure of speech where the "subject" is directly identified as the "comparison" without using words like "like" or "as."
The English equivalent is metaphor.
A short sample of examples from the dissertation
Rupak
1- Dooba jab dil ka naiyya saamne the kinaare.
2- Karti jyoti amrit se sinchan, mangal ghar ghar ke
jyoti Yashoda, dharti gaiya, neel gagan Gopal
Kanhaiya, shyaamal chhavi halki.
3- Mere praanon ka hee gunjan tum man-mayur ho mere.
4- Preeti-dulhan saji man mein, shehanaai baji hai.
5- Dukh ki nadiya jeevan naiyya, aasha ke patvaar lag.
6- Kaahe chhalke nainon ki gagri kaahe barse jal.
7- Chhand gai jeevan-dhan, praanon ko phir baandh virah ke bandhan me man maavan.
8- Jeevan-nadiya bahti jaaye shaam savere bepahchaana.
9- Chhand jagat ko jogi vanajaa odh ke preeti-dushaala.
10- Haay! toree-nazar ka deewana nishaana hoon main.
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