I'm only 8% into #Reading it, but already the book in the attached photo is on track to be only my second 5-star read at #TheStoryGraph for 2026. It's proving to be so much MORE than a I expected - not just a #poetry anthology, but a defence of #Urdu a primer on the language and its poetic culture. AND it has a name that make smile every time I say it:
The Hindavi word humsafar means "companion" (on a journey). In the last 20+ years I've sung it more often than I could count in the line "ना तो humsafar की तलाश है" - "I'm not looking for a humsafar".

It turns out, I was wrong. 😂
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