Dhai Aakhar: Merely two-and-a-half letters of an alphabet arouse great expectations

Dhai Aakhar: Merely two-and-a-half letters of an alphabet arouse great expectations Dhai means two-and-a-half, and Aakhar means akshar or the letters of the Hindi alphabet. The title is taken from a doha (simple, moralising poetry written in couplet form) by an Indian saint, Kabeer, centuries ago. The line goes ‘Dhai aakhar prem ka/key padhey so Pandit hoye’ (whoever reads the two-and-a half letters of the Devnagari alphabet, that add-up to mean love, will be a true seer). Co-prod...