ख्वाबों की ग़ज़लें

it was so lovely, so shining can i describe it enough? matchless was my sweetheart! missing somewhere in self-being i should have let it go rough perhaps, it was too much care! it was the bonding, not a bondage bouts were just the mere everything was so dreamy souls knew the way, but the life defeated it miserably i thought i will handle it well nodding was not easier, but obligations created a shell i believed love is an art, can‟t be perfected, never be completed through this endless lane, we fell apart and one fine day love and life reasoned and declared to walk away.

My interactions with Anjum Salman Hussain (a.k.a ‘Appiya’ by her family, friends and anyone who knows her) started two years ago initially with gestures of greeting to each other. Gradually along with just the greeting we started talking about life, politics and her work with Civil Defense. Sometimes we also talked and discussed about the history of India and its people. I am quite inspired; by her outlook on life and her ways of dealing with its complexities. Interacting with her has definitely helped me improve my knowledge and has changed my perspective towards life.