“This arrogant, conceited history strides with her head in the clouds and never looks down. She does not realize how she crushes millions of people beneath her feet. The common people. She doesn't understand that one may cut a mountain in two, but people? It's a hard task, Bhai, to cute one people in two. They bleed.” HistoryBloodIndiaPakistanRefugeeBloodshedPartition Book:Two Source: Two
“A deep sigh coursed through the gathering. Master Fazal said, 'History will keep on marching like this. The names of a few people will stick to her fabric. She will register those. there was Hitler, there was Mussolini, Churchill and Joseph Stalin, among others. this time the names maybe Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Jinnah, Subhash Bose! But the names of the lakhs and crores who have lost their lives will be nowhere. They will be mere numbers in which all of us will be included!” HistoryBloodIndiaPakistanRefugeeBloodshedPartition Book:Two Source: Two
“I had spent the day friendless, lonely and sad, a stranger to myself. After drowning the day on the sea shore, I walked back to my empty house on the deserted street. The moment I opened the door, the book on my table flipped its pages and said: "Friend, Where were you for so long?” BooksFriendGulzar Author:Gulzar
“This arrogant, conceited history strides with her head in the clouds and never looks down. She does not realize how she crushes millions of people beneath her feet. The common people. She doesn't understand that one may cut a mountain in two, but people? It's a hard task, Bhai, to cute one people in two. They bleed." A deep sigh coursed through the gathering. Master Fazal said, "History will keep on marching like this. The names of a few people will stick to her fabric. She will register those. there was Hitler, there was Mussolini, Churchill and Joseph Stalin, among others. this time the names maybe Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Jinnah, Subhash Bose! But the names of the lakhs and crores who have lost their lives will be nowhere. They will be mere numbers in which all of us will be included!".” WarHistoryIndiaPakistanRefugeesBloodshedDisplacementPartition1947 Book:Two Source: Two
“The wounds will take decades to heal, centuries to overcome the trauma.” WarLossIndiaTraumaBritishWoundsPakistanBloodshedPartition Book:Two Source: Two
“aa.ina dekh kar tasallii hu.ii ham ko is ghar me.n jaantaa hai ko.iiThe poet/lover is so lonely that when he looks into the mirror, he gets the sudden relief that there is at least someone in his house who knows him. How ironic! Is it really relief?” Urdu Poetry Author:Gulzar
“सामने आए मेरे, देखा मुझे, बात भी की मुस्कुराए भी, पुरानी किसी पहचान की ख़ातिर कल का अख़बार था, बस देख लिया, रख भी दिया English Translation- Met me, saw me, spoke with me Smiled as well, for the sake of an old relationship Yesterday's newspaper, seen and put aside” Triveni Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems