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Chikni chupdi baaten

चिकनी चुपड़ी बातें

Meaning

Smooth, flattering talk meant to win one over.

Literally: smooth, buttered words

See it in the verse

Chikni chupdi baaten in Iqbal’s couplets

Firqa-bandi hai kahin aur kahin zaaten hain
Kya zamane mein panapne ki yahi baaten hain

Somewhere it is sectarianism, somewhere it is caste — are these the things by which a people are supposed to flourish in the world?

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