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Urdu · noun · Nation, Faith & Society

Jod-Tod

जोड़-तोड़
Meaning

Manoeuvring and machination; scheming through making and breaking arrangements.

Literally: joining and breaking

See it in the verse

Jod-Tod in Iqbal’s couplets

Har guhar ne sadaf ko toD diya
Tu hi aamada-e-zuhur nahin
Every pearl has broken open its shell; only you are unwilling to come forth.
Selfhood · Courage · Awakening
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