Pinki

I have two djinns to guard me all the time, One male djinn and one fat female one, Or are they two male and none female, I was never bright to know what they are They guard me from Evil Pinki in Mirror They hide her so that no one sees her grin But now, …

The Charlatan

An old man in my village once said, All which looks yellow is not gold Though it looks so in feel and touch Don't learn the hard way it's fool's gold And he went on to tell a sad story, Story of a charlatan, a famous one - People believed in him fully with trust …

Vulture Politics

Vultures vultures vultures everywhere, Waiting for the carcasses to feed upon We wait for an opportunity and gloat on it And then feast upon the bodies with glee Is it of a Hindu killed in a terror attack, Is it of a mercenary raiding our lands, Is it of an aggressive and noisy neighbor, Is …

Good Bye!!

I have seen a life hard and rough I have seen a life dull and drab Though I had a life not too long I have seen all life can show to one I was marked by fate and my deeds Both good and evil, both slow and fast I was a speck in the …

Jung-e-Azadi – Maqdoom Mohiuddin

Finally…after a search for years. Maqdoom’s iconic battle cry against the Razakar Movement in Hyderabad. Ye jung hai jung-e-azadi, azadi ke parcham ke tale Hum Hind ke rehne vaalonki, mehkoomonki, majbooronki, Azadi ke matwaalonki, Dehkaanonki, majdooronki Saara sansaar hamara hai Purab paschim uttar dakhkhin Hum Afrangi, Hum Amreeki Hum Cheeni java jaane watan Hum surkh sipahi …

Life is not a game

A phoenix is what it is, a cycle of death and birth Or, is it an ouroboros with no start and end at all? Contacts broken and contacts reestablished, Why break them first and then try to restore? Why so many feelings of separation and patch up? Is it why or is it how many …

Pluto’s Lament

Poor me, why is this happening to me?A century of recognition, and then this?What have I done? What's my fault now?What if I am the smallest of all available?What if I am but an invisible speck high? See the bright side, not dark and rank,I have got my children, my own natureAlways round and cute …

Two Ghazals by Maqdoom Mohiuddin – Ishq ke shole ko bhadakao ke kuch raat kate

Ishq ke shole ko bhadakao ke kuch raat katedil ke angar ko dahakao ke kuch raat kate hijr mein milane shab-e-mah ke gham aaye haincharasazon ko bhi bulavao ke kuch raat kate koi jalta hi nahin koi pighalta hi nahinmom ban jaao pighal jao ki kuch raat kate chashm-o-rukhsar ke azagar ko jari rakhopyar ke …

Thalambur – A Sarcasm

No plan to work from India, Let alone to stay in Thalambur, Thalambur, the notorious land, The land of unwanted surprises   No avenue to call friends and all, No avenue to come home late, No chance to get online to chat, Nothing to do when power fails   Revel in the music of insects, …

The Battle of Palnadu

Time of strife visits now this land pristine and verdant, Brothers will fight brothers and politics will be played, This is the story of the Battle of Palnadu, at Karamchedu, Though none will know now how big this great fight was - A bickering medley of a fifty or a hundred or a thousand Or …