“Zulm itna ke rooh bhi cheekh uthe, lekin awaaz dabai ja rahi hai. Woh hume qatl karte hain, phir hamare khoon se saboot maangte hain. Main Hindustan ka woh Musalmaan hoon jise zinda jalaya ja raha hai, aur kaha ja raha hai yeh to khud hi aag tha.”

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Mat karo humein majboor,
warna hum woh aansu gira denge
jo qayaamat ban jaayenge.”

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“Mere logon ki cheekhon pe taali bajayi gayi — aur usse bhi badtar, duniya chup rahi.”

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“Jab mazhab pe nafrat biki, insaniyat ne khudkushi kar li.”

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“Pahalgam ke qatil terrorist hain — lekin Gujarat ke un masoomon ke qatil bhi atankwadi the.
Rajasthan mein do Musalmanon ko zinda jalaane wale bhi terrorist the.
Jharkhand mein Tabrez Ansari ko sirf Musalman hone par maarne wale bhi terrorist the.
Aise hazaaron dard ke afsane hain — jo duniya janke bhi anjan bani hai.
Humein qatl karke, duniya humein hi qatil kahe…
To lanat hai aisi soch par, aur us khamoshi par jo zulm ko chhupati hai.”

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A proud nationalist Indian living in Dhaka in 1947
becomes a proud nationalist Pakistani and then a proud nationalist Bangladeshi without leaving his house!

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If there is life after the earth-life,
will you come with me? Even then?

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"Whatever may come,
you are forever in all my life,"

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And I'd choose you; in a hundred lifetimes, in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality, I'd find you and I'd choose you.

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Have you ever seen a peony under candle light?
it makes the space mystical, a safe enchanted heaven.
I feel that I was here before,
Back in time,
Back in a different century when people believed in magic.
Then we were together,
you kissing my forehead while I was reading my book,
Paradiso by Dante.
you were looking at me like I was a precious jewel, A jewel that you would never want to lose,
Something you bury with you Because it is a part of you.
you were looking at me like I am the one The one that brings light into your life.

" Deja vu"

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