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Tragedies, on the other hand, make you realize that indeed all the world is a stage, and your problems are small compared to what befell those on screen or stage. They also give you insights into how relationships develop, change, turn
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“शाबाश है बेटी, तेरी शाबाश ! बनवारी की ओर से तो बड़ी सुरखरू हूँ । धन्य है तेरी माँ जन्मनेवाली जिसने तुम्हें जन्म दे इस घर के लिए ऐसा धर्म कमाया”
― मित्रो मरजानी
― मित्रो मरजानी
“Noreen’s therapist had once quoted a writer, comparing grief to having a broken leg that doesn’t heal right and still hurts when it’s damp outside, but eventually you learn to dance with a limp. It was a weird analogy, but it had stuck.”
― The Marvelous Mirza Girls: A Young Adult Romance of Grief, Family Scandal, and Finding Home in India
― The Marvelous Mirza Girls: A Young Adult Romance of Grief, Family Scandal, and Finding Home in India
“क्या तुमने कभी देखा है ख़ुद को पढ़ते हुए?
मैंने उस दृश्य को लिखा है तुम्हारे लिए…”
― Tumhare Baare Mein
मैंने उस दृश्य को लिखा है तुम्हारे लिए…”
― Tumhare Baare Mein
“Snowmen
My ancestor, a man
of Himalayan snow,
came to Kashmir from Samarkand,
carrying a bag
of whale bones:
heirlooms from sea funerals.
His skeleton
carved from glaciers, his breath
arctic,
he froze women in his embrace.
His wife thawed into stony water,
her old age a clear
evaporation.
This heirloom,
his skeleton under my skin, passed
from son to grandson,
generations of snowmen on my back.
They tap every year on my window,
their voices hushed to ice.
No, they won’t let me out of winter,
and I’ve promised myself,
even if I’m the last snowman,
that I’ll ride into spring
on their melting shoulders.”
―
My ancestor, a man
of Himalayan snow,
came to Kashmir from Samarkand,
carrying a bag
of whale bones:
heirlooms from sea funerals.
His skeleton
carved from glaciers, his breath
arctic,
he froze women in his embrace.
His wife thawed into stony water,
her old age a clear
evaporation.
This heirloom,
his skeleton under my skin, passed
from son to grandson,
generations of snowmen on my back.
They tap every year on my window,
their voices hushed to ice.
No, they won’t let me out of winter,
and I’ve promised myself,
even if I’m the last snowman,
that I’ll ride into spring
on their melting shoulders.”
―
“मुझे उनके घर की घंटी बजाते ही दिखना बंद हो गया था। कुछ देर में विनोद कुमार शुक्ल मेरे सामने खड़े थे। वह जाँघिया और फटी हुई बनियान में थे। मुझे लगा कि ये वह नहीं हैं। यह उनके उपन्यास का कोई पात्र है। मुझे सिर्फ़ उनके पैर दिखे और बिना देरी किए मैं नतमस्तक था। वह झेंप गए, “आप लोग बैठिए, मैं कुछ पहनकर आता हूँ।” हम भीतर बहुत ही सादे-से कमरे में जाकर बैठ गए। पूरे कमरे में सिर्फ़ एक मुक्तिबोध की तस्वीर लगी थी। मुझे याद है जब मैंने विनोद जी को फ़ोन किया था, उनकी आवाज़ सुनते ही मैं काँपने लगा था। ज़बरदस्ती के अँग्रेज़ी शब्द मुँह से निकलने लगे। कुछ देर की हड़बड़ाहट के बाद मैंने उन्हें ‘आई लव यू’ कहा और फ़ोन काट दिया था। अभी उनके कमरे में बैठे हुए, मैं अपनी”
― Tumhare Baare Mein
― Tumhare Baare Mein
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