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Roti-kapda

रोटी-कपड़ा
Meaning

Food and clothing; the basic necessities of life.

Literally: 'bread and cloth'

See it in the verse

Roti-kapda in Iqbal’s couplets

Hazaron saal nargis apni be-noori pe roti hai
Badi mushkil se hota hai chaman mein deedavar paida
For thousands of years the narcissus weeps over its own sightlessness — only with great difficulty is a truly seeing one born in the garden.
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