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Ahtesham Ahmad

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24 Sep 2024 · 2 min read

The Blessings of Mother Durga

The Blessings of Mother Durga

( The Story of two friends from different faiths ) Autumn had again heralded the festive aroma in Bengal that knelled the arrival of Goddess Durga. With a few weeks...

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31 Jan 2024 · 1 min read

25. Dream

A dream is nothing but a hallucination. A reverie and a figment of imagination. Asleep or awake, it opiates the eyes. A bizzare train of thoughts does arise. A host...

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31 Jan 2024 · 1 min read

24. O Woman !

When Adam was on earth all alone, As Eve you came from his rib bone. When a parent needed a cute doll, As a daughter you cared them all. When...

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31 Jan 2024 · 1 min read

23. The Longing Eyes

23. The Longing Eyes

The eyes long to see the lost sight But the lids embrace the eyes tight. The tiny drops peep out from within But dare not come out and be seen....

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31 Jan 2024 · 1 min read

22. We, a Republic !

22. We, a Republic !

Scores of lives went into martyrdom. That is how we earned our freedom. They quit their bed, joys and family. To ensure we live our lives blissfully. A shower of...

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31 Jan 2024 · 1 min read

21. Tale of An Eve

21. Tale of An Eve

I am a baby- a baby in my babyhood. Why in me do you see womanhood? Let me grow up and identify myself. Let the woman in me meet herself....

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31 Jan 2024 · 1 min read

20. I'm a gender too !

20. I'm a gender too !

First gender, second gender. Like them I'm a third gender. Nature has made me what I am. Doesn't it mean a human I too am? Deprived I remain in every...

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31 Jan 2024 · 1 min read

19. Memories

Memories do come alive When into the past The present does dive. Sometimes some pebbles Sometimes pearls Do then revive. As the past visits the present, In heart and mind...

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31 Jan 2024 · 1 min read

18. Birthday Prayers

18. Birthday Prayers

This birth on earth I owe to the Creator. Of the ship I sail in He is the Navigator. My actions are guided by Him all time. The course of...

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31 Jan 2024 · 1 min read

17. Eat Right

Eat right, bite by bite. Your diet must be light. If you feel hearty appetite, Make sure - don't eat tight. Food in much quantity Doesn't guarantee quality. Eating in...

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31 Jan 2024 · 1 min read

16. Caged Books

16. Caged Books

Books cry from within our bookcases, Their heads hung with shrunken faces. They wait for readers to embrace them. But alas! no one bothers to give a damn. Years after...

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31 Jan 2024 · 1 min read

15. The Naughty Rat

15. The Naughty Rat

There was a small rat. He was quite fit and fat. He used to make a run Everywhere only for fun. He climbed onto the bell And would wag his...

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31 Jan 2024 · 1 min read

14. O My Birdie !

14. O My Birdie !

O birdie! My birdie! Where have you gone? Your nest lay now with straws strewn. Your chirpings Would soothe my ears And bring to my heart all those cheers. When...

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31 Jan 2024 · 1 min read

13. Rain Reigns

13. Rain Reigns

The sun spits his fiery sparks down. The earth burns yellow and brown. The stalled airs all around perspire. The clouds all pitch dark do conspire. Then winds begin to...

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31 Jan 2024 · 1 min read

12. Dehumanised Beings

12. Dehumanised Beings

Nature is awestruck to see a nature. It is we humans who do it nurture. To read human mind is a task uphill. Demeanour, once warm, does chill. Self-centeredness reigns...

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31 Jan 2024 · 1 min read

11. O Rumour !

O Rumour! When you are afloat, Walls get ears and winds tongue, Words do sail like a speed boat. Truth is butchered in a harangue. Truth implores to be heard...

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30 Jan 2024 · 1 min read

10. Fatherly Throes

10. Fatherly Throes

A one-off day every year we celebrate. To someone very special we dedicate. On Father's day affections pour in filial. We pride ourselves on being his lineal. He craves for...

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30 Jan 2024 · 1 min read

9. Thy Love

I know not how on earth I loved thee. But thou art mine ever since I did see. I did toil hard to restrain my heart. From thy love pangs...

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30 Jan 2024 · 1 min read

8. Rainbow

Rains are over and the sky is blue. The grand canvas gets a look new. Up a band stretches far and wide. The heaven it does gracefully ride. The Sun...

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30 Jan 2024 · 1 min read

7. In Memoriam ( An Elegy )

7. In Memoriam ( An Elegy )

When God did bless me a friend like you, To the envy of others our friendship grew. For all this I had been ever grateful to Him. The rapport we...

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30 Jan 2024 · 1 min read

6. GREAT MOTHER ( An Acrostic Poem )

6. GREAT MOTHER ( An Acrostic Poem )

G oddess herself comes to me indeed, R ich in love and affection in her breed. E lated and grateful I'm to be born of you. A nd ever since...

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30 Jan 2024 · 1 min read

5. Festive Light

5. Festive Light

O Gloom! Just harken this ! Your kingdom tonight sinks. Everything here wears light, Variegated in their full might. Up above, the Celestial bodies Are now brimming with envies, To...

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30 Jan 2024 · 1 min read

4. A Little Pep Talk

4. A Little Pep Talk

Never ever dampen your spirit. Make sure you don't lose the grit. If folks around will let you down, Nothing for you is there to frown. The world worships the...

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30 Jan 2024 · 1 min read

3. Cupid-Struck

3. Cupid-Struck

The wind blew hard and wide, The Sun did shine and up ride The sky bathed in rainbow hue, To welcome the Cupid far in view. The earth wrapped in...

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30 Jan 2024 · 1 min read

2. Love-Lorn

Sitting lazily beneath a banyan bough. Solitude hath brought thee alive now. With tearful eyes under my inky brow The love for thee doth ever grow. Thy love hath for...

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30 Jan 2024 · 1 min read

1. Life

Life is but a fistful of dry sand That slowly slips out of our hand In all secretly subdued silence Leaving a lesson in brilliance. Time is fleeting by in...

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30 May 2023 · 1 min read

A Little Pep Talk

A Little Pep Talk

Never ever dampen your spirit. Make sure you don't lose the grit. If folks around will let you down, Nothing for you is there to frown. The world worships the...

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30 May 2023 · 1 min read

CUPID-STRUCK !

The wind blew hard and wide, The Sun did shine and up ride The sky bathed in rainbow hue, To welcome the Cupid far in view. The earth wrapped in...

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30 May 2023 · 1 min read

LOVE-LORN !

Sitting lazily beneath a snow-laden bough, Solitude hath brought thee alive now. With tearful eyes under my inky brow, The love for thee doth ever grow. Thy love hath for...

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