कुछ हो गया है
मैने जो आसमां पर लिख दिया सूरज ज़माने में उजाला हो गया है मैंने तस्वीर बना दी उफ़क़ पे बादल की सारा आलम निराला हो गया है जो शजर झुक गए तूफ़ानों में उन्हीं का बोलबाला हो गया है दश्त-दर-दश्त भटका फिर रहा है दिल ज्यों मेरा ग़ज़ाला हो गया […]
Archive for February, 2016
Modesty and Race: Does Skin Color Decide the Honor of a Woman?
By The Editor: Siddharth Sehgal We have a weird history of honoring and dishonoring women in our country, people who bow to Durga and Kali often wake up to news of rape and molestation. The recent stripping, molestation and parading of a Tanzanian student brings out the gawking element of […]
The Tame,The Dumb And The Wild
Last eve the road was built; The ugliness covered…. It looked satiated with mortar Its prettiness rewarded With a brushing broom That leavened its uneven surface. Dusk set in to curb its glory Night, to cover and bake its chastity Sunrise set the clock back. The tame, the dumb and […]
ये अफ़साना मेरा
फूल सी नाज़ुक हूँ मैं, पत्थर सा है सीना मेरा तुमने देखा ही नहीं काँटों के संग जीना मेरा हर तलातुम, हर भंवर को मात दी हमने सदा पर किनारों ने ही डुबोया है सफ़ीना मेरा उनकी भी मजबूरियाँ थीं, आँखें नम थीं देख कर मेरा वो अंदाज़ , वो […]
Reckless Development
In the midst of natural surroundings, Tearing through its divine grandeur Stand the modern structures like giants- Waiting to attack and destroy God’s very own creation! Are we foolishly trying to challenge and compete With God, the Almighty? That’s more than a Herculean task! Most of Man’s concrete jungles Wreak […]
Untitled
Many come in, none go out, he shuts his own door, opens mine From 2 boxes I may choose to conjure up the muses 9 As I walk the lanes of Essex I recall my childhood days When no care stood towering over when a hitch was but a phase […]
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