"If I could wake up one day and choose to be anybody in the world, who would I be?" I mused one night.
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Blog: Advice to My Teen-Self
While pondering through these thoughts, memories and regrets, I felt a sudden urge to write a list of info/advice that could have helped me make better decisions as a teenager and reduce my present regrets. Here goes:
Poem: The Lizard on the Wall
The lizard on the wall tongues the white switches, tastes the black plug,
Poem : Silence(d)
They are not being silent. They are silenced.
Book Review: In Memory of Begum Akhtar by Agha Shahid Ali
'In Memory of Begum Akhtar' is Agha Shahid Ali’s second book of poems, published in 1979, by Writers Workshop, Kolkata. It’s a short book with 48 pages containing 25 poems.
Poem: Fallen
Fallen like a dew drop to the petals of a rose.
Book Review: Bone-Sculpture by Agha Shahid Ali
Bone-sculpture is Agha Shahid Ali's first book of poems, published in 1972, by Writers Workshop, Kolkata. It's a short book with 28-32 pages(based on the edition/format) containing 14 poems.
Poem: The Dream
To be a bard To walk as a free man To tell the tales that made me And the ones that broke me
Poem: Leaving
I wish I had a room no one can ask me to clear out or a wardrobe with ironed clothes and a sweet smelling pair of shoes
Story: Your Mark In The World
The stage was adorned with flowers on the floor and sky lanterns on the top. She stood in front of the mike and rehearsed her first verse in a whisper. "You got this," she whispered to herself again, as the curtain raised.
Lirio's Wanderings 