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Ghisi piti baaten

घिसी पिटी बातें

Meaning

Worn-out, hackneyed talk.

Literally: rubbed and beaten talk

See it in the verse

Ghisi piti 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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