Afternoon…!

Afternoon The time I cherished since childhood The stretch of time between zohar and maghrib Has always been my favorite I trace afternoon luxuries back to those days When we used to learn Quran In shaded part of a mosque's courtyard Running back home To get to the other end of the village To those …

Life!

Is a crushed dream is what life looks like? Or it looks like that toy that has only one eye? It may look like shadows that are casted on wall by lamp's light You left me here all alone with a hand of yours. Tell me mother! Do you feel my fingerprints on your hand? …

Up

They say keep your eyes forward and your gaze down Walk like you are a piece of art With precision Each step measured Like you are nothing And yet rule the world How can I be a paradox? I who is real Breathing speaking human How can I look down when the best things are …

Womanhood Denied!

Color pink was my favorite since long I had been a lover of pink roses and pink sarees Pink bedcovers, pink room walls behind pink curtains with pink patterns Pink was my go to in every situation "Bhaia wo pink dikhana" "Ami mery lie pink lana" And in between choosing from a hundred shades of …

Light!

We are all in search of light In dark alleyways In smothered streets In cloudy evenings In moon less nights Only to find later on That what has been lost Laid within...

Sudan is Burning!

This statement is what we all know about but what we don't know is that why is it burning. I saw many people condemning west for supporting militant groups in Sudan and for not giving the issue media coverage. But it is not what it looks like or what they are trying to portray. A …

Blue Hues!!!

They say while you mourn in black Sadness is represented by Blue When I look thorough blue I see smiles Of joyous couples And content kids Of exuberant teens And radiant workers I see up and the sky is blue Mountains blue Lakes blue Sea blue See blue Shirts and birthday cakes blue Walls blue …

How you do it?

Walk me home With my eyes closed In profound silence I walk on air With soft feet I feel a bitter sweetness A wholeness in my body I want to know How you do it How you manage to destroy me And keep me whole?

Cocooning!

So ? They want to save me From the cruelties of the world Robing me in layers One after another But they don't know You can't keep a cocoon long enough You have to let it unfold For the best of him Or it dies You have to let me unfold For my best Or...