Cheeni kum ..

‘Cheeni kum’ a stirring Bollywood flick released a couple of years back was quite an aberration with its unique story line where the 64 yeas old Buddha Dev Gupta (played by Amitabh Bachan) falls in love with a girl 30 years younger his age, Nina Verma (played by Tabbu).
Unlike the headlines of the scarcity [...]

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Like A Season Goes By ..

The flowers on your
embroidered dopatta would
remain fresh,
(like the ones I would place
in your locks)
soaked in the midnight rains
of your eyes;
now, sighs, that formed
the thick rain-clouds
are no more to rise
as you trample the wilted
leaves of our blooming love
evoking thoughts
of an autumn that came too soon

P.S: I was taken by a pleasant surprise to see a publication [...]

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A heartbreak

I had planned to celebrate an anticipated win with a post here but I was jolted to the reality that wishes aren’t horses and that it takes the nerves of steal, discipline on the field and a Captain who leads by an example to prevail in tough matches like the Champions Trophy Semifinal.
There were a [...]

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The Fabulous Blog Award

How could a one dimensional blog be fabulous? Its not I know, but since Ayesha considered me for the honor of this award, I’d take it gladly. Here it is …

Rules of the Award:
* List five current obsessions.
* Pass the award on to five more fabulous blogs.
* On your post of receiving this award, make [...]

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A Rebuttal Of Fate

We are built
to be eroded
with the blows of time.
Now when I lose a piece
here or a chunk there,
I hold it tight, the treasure of
love, kept in the safety of heart
sealed with ego;
just don’t hand time
the stilettos of your lashes
to exhume it.
Preserved, this love
will mock the vicious ways
of our fate,
that crumbs us to death
after luring us [...]

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Come, Relieve me!

So we are over the profusely humid pashakal, sawan, barsat or monsoon of the current season. I cannot recall the mid of an Islamabad summer to be as hot and humid as this one proved to be. I lost a few kilos in sweat, the hard gathered weight that I’ve been trying to accumulate through [...]

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The Dual Challenge — A Repost

Below here is the repost of a poem I wrote sometimes back. It has become quite a norm when we celebrate the independence of Pakistan amid the perils to the very unity of our dear homeland courtesy a plethora of internal and external threats. Yet our hopes remain intact to see the vibes of passion [...]

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In Love For The Night

Slumber in the shades
of your locks is naivete
hence I walk deep in
to the core of your soul
to heal my dreams away
from the piercing claws
of the sunbeams.
Night, o’ night,
why can’t you fight
that big, burning beast
who gnaws at your dark self
bit by bit, reducing you
to nothing.
Unlike you, I won’t
expose you to the perils
of the day; come dwell
in [...]

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Death Of Ideas

My laments on the states of ‘poemlessness’ or ‘writers block’ have become sort of cliche as I still crave for a smooth flow of ideas to my mind onto the pen and paper. Every now and then I try to break those shackles but the results seem way below my satisfaction. The poem below is [...]

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Amjad Islam Amjad said ..

وہ ہی نہیں تو ورق کس لئے سیاہ کریں
سخن تو عرض تمنا کا اک بہانہ تھا
Nope thats not the reason of my not updating this blog frequently; its the eternal writers block

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