Writings & Ideas
On storytelling, filmmaking, brands, and the creative life.
Anekaantwadi
Words that refuse to stay inside.
कई बेज़ुबाँ मिले कई बदज़ुबाँ मिले अफ़सोस है बस यही न कहीं हुमज़ुबाँ मिले दिल में हो ग़र बेईमानी कृपया हमसे न मिलें सच्चे लोग जमाने में अक्षर तनहा मिले दुआ बस यही अपनी सबको इश्क़ बेपनाह मिले हाथ जोड़कर है स्वीकार ज़िन्दगी से जो मिले कह ही दें आज हाल-ए-दिल न रहे कोई शिकवे गीले ख़ुशी से बस कर दें विदा वो फिर मिले न मिले
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