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Small town dreams

Towns like those, where you could recall every detail of every place you had ever been; where everyone knew everyone but she never felt seen. Where like routine she drove on the same roads and on the streets; and all of it seemed intimate to her heart, whatever the eye meets. Towns like those where familiarity sat on every corner and every curve; but it made her feel like she was persistently living with an exposed nerve. Where who met whom was every evening's chatter; women bringing down women by judging a friend, a sister or a daughter. Towns like those made her feel like she was stuck in a loop; shenanigans of the same sort in the same place with the same group. Identical corners and faces all alike; boredom is an understatement it was the loneliness that was the most hurtful strike.   She desired always to move far away and change the game; a new job, or maybe even a new name. She started packing hoping to run away; determined that the promise of nostalgia would not make her sw...

Humari khataah kya hai?

Humari  sharaarat  zara  kijiye   ga  maaf, magar  churake  kahun  chand  lafzon  mien  saaf  saaf... toh  samjho  nahi  ye  koi  khayal  naya, ki  unhone  jaise  hasske  dekha  humara  dill  unka  ghulaam  ban  gaya.. Samjhao  toh  hume humari  ghustaakhi  kya. hai, vo  sikha  gaye  ki  tadpaane  ki  adaa  kya  hai... tair-e-bismil  toh  hum  qaraar  hue  hai, toh  isme  tere  roothne  ki  vajah  kya  hai? Gam-e-hayaat  se  hume  parwah nahi, iss  paagalpan ki  taa'zir  milegi  toh  bass  yahin.. Humare  lehje  mien  musalsal  uska  ziqr  bayaan  hua  karta  hai, unse  dur  kare  hume  khuda  bhi  uss  ...