Sunday, May 24, 2020

Happy Eid al-Fitr

Yaad rahega ye waqt taa-umr,
Ek Eid aisi bhi thi jiske aane aur jaane ke darmiyaan bahut se ghar seviyon aur logon se mehroom rahe.
Taqabbal Allahu Minna Wa Minkum...


Friday, May 22, 2020

Dua

“You will never be able to conceive owing to chronic anovulation,” her doctor told her.
She persisted with benevolence and prayed for a divine intervention every night with her palms facing the sky.
Three years later, she was blessed with a daughter and she named her Dua…


Thursday, May 21, 2020

Starry Love

Once upon a night, you wrote your love for me on the stars and left this world. Since then, I have developed a penchant for nyctophilia...




Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Even

“Do I owe you anything?” she asked me before bidding farewell. I kissed her sternum for the last time and said, “Now we are even.”…


Monday, May 18, 2020

Saturday, May 16, 2020

Lullaby

The effectiveness of a lullaby doesn't depend even a smidgen on proximity...


Sunday, May 10, 2020

A Divine Connection

She was fond of learning a lot about a lot of things.
“Docendo discimus,” were her father’s last words.
She continued to teach as long as she lived…