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Brass Buttons – a poem in Urdu, “Pital ke takme’”, by Bill Koul (with English translation after the Urdu version).
This poem fulfils a promise made decades ago, a time period that appears as ages now. It describes a moment when two young hearts met on the morning of a regular working day. Instead of heading to their respective work places, they headed to a beautiful Mughal garden (in Kashmir) where they spent a full magical day in Nature, in each other’s company. That day, she was wearing a dark blue blazer, with brass buttons, which cast a lasting spell on him; the brass buttons appeared like stars that adorned her moon-like appearance.

These words – a poem in Urdu, “Yeh Alfaz”, by Bill Koul (with English translation after the Urdu version)

Dua Maut Se’ – a poem in Urdu by Bill Koul (The English translation, “A plea to Death” is below the Urdu version.)

“Ruu-ba-ruu tujse, mere Khuda” – a poem in Urdu by Bill Koul, with English translation after the Urdu version

“You make feel delusional, O Life!” – a poem in Urdu by Bill Koul: “Behaka deti hai tu, O Zindaghi”

A poem

‘Wishes don’t fly, birds fly.’ No sooner had I realised this truth umpteenth time during my run this morning than I received a full load of warm bird dropping on my head and shoulders. I looked up. Right above my head, a seagull was perched on a branch of a […]

‘Where is your dog today?’ shouted a regular morning walker from across the road, as we passed each other on The Esplanade, along Canning River in Mount Pleasant, around 6 am this morning. It was still a little dark. Overhead, the sky was cloudy, threatening to pour. I stopped and […]

Humans exhibit herd behaviour in many aspects of life. Unlike cattle, however, they are born with thinking faculties that could set them apart from cattle but only if those faculties were used to their full extent; however, which does not happen in all cases. Not surprising, therefore, a characteristic herd […]

The current phase of human history, aptly termed as ‘The Great Pause’ by some wise intellectuals, presents each one of us with an excellent once-a-lifetime opportunity to reflect on ourselves and the world we live in. We have been presented with a timely opportunity to assess how we have been […]