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Halwa-poori khana

हलवा-पूरी खाना
Meaning

To enjoy an easy, comfortable life.

Literally: to eat sweet pudding and fried bread

See it in the verse

Halwa-poori khana in Iqbal’s couplets

Jinhen main dhundhta tha aasmanon mein zaminon mein
Wo nikle mere zulmat-khana-e-dil ke makinon mein
Those I searched for across the skies and the earth turned out to dwell in the darkened house of my own heart.
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