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Zara Aawaz ka Lehja to badlo,
Zara Maddham karo is aanch ko Sonaan
Ke jal jaate hain Kungre narm Rishton ke
Zara Alfaaz ke Nakhun tarasho
Bahot Chubhte hain jab Narazgi se baat karti ho
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[ Change the tone of your sayings
lower down this heat
as it may burn the soft filaments of the relationship
cut the nails of your harsh words
because they pierce a lot
when you talk in anger ]

When he recites something in his deep voice then words become more significant and they open many new meanings before us.

When he pens down something on paper and these words come across our eyes then our mind goes on a wonderful trip in all possible directions and no time machine is required then as mind can reach in any era as words cover a very broad horizon where a villager woman making Uplaas from Cow Dung or making the Bitorha …

He was trembling, no shivering– no, no quivering– no,no shaking !..“Moss, I am leaving ! Moley toh, idhar bahut risk ho gaya hai!! Mete, ye shahar ab rehne kay liye theek nahin!!!”

I was wondering at his nervousness but wondered more about the gibberish he was mumbling..And then he expressed his real fears..He was earlier scared by Raj Thackeray’s tirade against North Indians especially UPites and Biharis..But now he was completely terrorized after Uddhav Thackeray joined in the turf war by blasting anything and everything pronounced with letter B ! Then it dawned upon me what he meant actually ( Boss, I am leaving! Boley toh, idhar bahut risk ho gaya hai!! Bete, ye shehar ab rehne kay liye theek nahin !!!) .

Though he was from Punjab he was paranoid..He had this nagging feeling that the virus could spread..I tried to allay his apprehensions but he was unmoved.

Like a subprime …