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Deeba Salim Irfan

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in Aligarh, India

September 05

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Deeba Salim Irfan has been writing since childhood, ever since she had to leave her parents who were in Iran, to live with her grand parents back in India. This partition from her parents was a gift of Iranian revolution. Angst, agony & anger vented through words took shape of poems and prose that she kept well hidden in her drawers until much later.

Deeba’s 3 books have already been published internationally in the last 8 years. Her first novel, URMA, was published in 2012. The translation in Urdu followed and so did the nomination for an award by Urdu Press Club. Next, a collection of poetry was published in 2016, CHARCOAL BLUSH and was a finalist at the Book Excellence Awards in Canada. A few of her poems have been translated into other l ...more

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Can you tell us a little about what it was like living in Iran during the Iranian revolution? Have you been back to Iran? Has it changed for better or worse?

Deeba Salim Irfan Dear Cynthia,
Sorry for a rather late reply! To answer your question, I was a teenager at that time and from that perspective I found post-revolution …moreDear Cynthia,
Sorry for a rather late reply! To answer your question, I was a teenager at that time and from that perspective I found post-revolution to be quite restrictive as opposed to pre-revolution. I wouldn't like to comment much on the policies as I am not the right person to do so. I am sure they had a valid reason for what they did. In any revolution, there are always two sides one that is pro and another that is against the cause. As an outsider and a non-Iranian I couldn't agree with the reasons for revolution, I felt bad for Iran and its people! I love and miss the Iran that was! That's why I wrote! I went back to Iran in 2005 and I think things have changed for the better, from immediate post revolution, but still a long way to reach what it was just prior to the revolution!! (less)

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Deeba Salim Irfan When I am clouded with writer's block, I take a break from writing the manuscript I am working on. I do my research or write poems, or just do some fr…moreWhen I am clouded with writer's block, I take a break from writing the manuscript I am working on. I do my research or write poems, or just do some free writing. Then, when my characters are back, they talk to me.. this happens, after a break...(less)

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Just Another Hazy Day

There are days when I walk around in daze. Things get done. But my heart is not in it. There is a haze in my eyes. The alphabets glide and trickle down my brows and into my eyes and roll down my cheeks.
What is it that drives me into that state? Well, I think, when I put off writing a bit too long and the thoughts crowd my mind. When the tussle in my mind is: weather to give the next two hours to m Read more of this blog post »

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Published on March 08, 2013 04:23 • Tags: hazy-day, writers-block, writing

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“You make the world come alive. You make the world colorful. You are the inspiration behind all that happens. You are the pillar of strength to many around you, the centrifugal force of your own little world, called family. I love being a women and celebrate being one everyday, hope you all do too!! And to all those who battle their various circumstances, the hurdles, the sacrifices and the compromises they make, wish them all inner strength! Happy Women's Day!”
― Deeba Salim Irfan

tags: celebrate, compromise, love, pillar-of-strength, power, strength, women, women-s-day

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“Tread the path one has walked, before stoning them!”
― Deeba Salim Irfan

tags: respect, understanding

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“A tenacious grip on our own ideals, irrespective of hurdles, would propel us towards self-actualization!”
― Deeba Salim Irfan

tags: focus, goal, goal-achievement, goals, hurdles, love-hurts, self-actualization

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“Entangled cobwebs of my mind keep me awake at night! Need to get back to sm serious writing again!”
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tags: awake, passion, writing

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“Yesterday's tomorrow brought us close....
Tomorrow's yesterday pulled us apart again.
Between yesterdays and tomorrows, a life lived !
We blossomed and wilted, blossomed and wilted again !”
― Deeba Salim Irfan

tags: life-lessons, love, passion, time, tomorrow, yesterday

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“Reshuffllng of thoughts - facilitates a refreshed perspective to a mental deadlock!”
― Deeba Salim Irfan

tags: break-up, fiction-novel, loss, love, love-hurts, tears, writing

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“Blazing? Droplets of thoughts can soothe it all. Don't feel depleted. Bask in the residue. That remains!”
― Deeba Salim Irfan

tags: loss, love, love-hurts, remains

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“A tenacious grip on our own ideals, irrespective of hurdles, would propel us towards self-actualization!”
― Deeba Salim Irfan

tags: focus, goal, goal-achievement, goals, hurdles, love-hurts, self-actualization

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