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There is this girl She pulls her hair a little every time someone compliments her Or someone else “Touchwood, kahin nazar na lag jaaye” She has the weirdest logic- her skin is all red when she steps out of the shower Because she showers in boiling water “I burn to the ground and rise again…
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Just me ranting:)) Girls from good families don’t abuse. 11 years old, I hear these boys calling each other names that I didn’t get I heard a similar one when my elder sister was hanging out with her friends So I ask them what it meant She was about to tell me but her friend-…
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This one is from the archives. A tale on quarantine, obviously fictional. Is it though? Mr. Darcy was a grumpy man. He was as thin as a bare skeleton and so tall that he had developed a hunchback; no one would be able to guess that he was only 62, his loose skin and grey…
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Coke Studio Season 7: Chaap Tilak in the voice of Abida Parveen and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is a version of the 14th century ghazal composed by Amir Khusro in admiration of his spiritual mentor Nizamuddin Auliya. Disclaimer- I know that many interpretations of this song say that it is a conversion song as chaap…
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William Congreve said that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned but I think heartbreak has that effect on everyone. Be it rejection, infidelity, deceit or just plain falling out of love- the heart hurts the same. A heart broken is an ego scorned. And when hurt, aren’t we all a little too mean?…
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For Kiya, who read my blogs with her “midnite tea” and loved that I love to write. I hope you are happy and one with god. Love you more than any gods will & miss you more than our hearts can bear I lost someone to covid; someone very near and dear. She was the…
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My blog is an year old! Thank you for all the love; please share my work if it makes you wonder even a little bit! I have met amazing people in my life People with great stories to share; People with no anecdotes, just questions to ask People who have seen war; People who have…
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Hi world. I am really angry. Disclaimer: This is just my opinion. I know that mental health is a very important and serious concern and for the same reason I have tried being as sensitive and as politically correct as I could, but if in the process of expressing myself, I have offended anyone, then…
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If I could, I would write great literature about us I have read so much Rumi, Gulzar and Ghalib, That I have all these words floating in my head And I’ve always wanted to weave you a poem with them but I just couldn’t Unlike you, I have never been so good with words. But…
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Hi. Happy New Year? Sorry I have been so quiet, was overworked by all the school assignments. But I just had to post something for January or else it would mean I forgot about my beloved blog. So here is something I wrote for a segment a creative page did last year. I did full…
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