My dear friends,

Life changes in-stream. There are physical changes; there are changes of the metaphysics. There is matter; there is mind. There is a matter to change & there is a mind to change.

Sometimes we wait for that to happen. Sometimes we realize what has happened much later. A crawler standing up is a big change. A child running is a big change.

An adult life also has many reverences that probably we miss because these are not organic. They are much more subtle but they have a magic & sometimes unbearable effect on our mind. Feeling of love is one such change. You chase people. You look deep into someone’s eyes & ask question; is this mine? Well these are rudimentary level understanding of life. Later we realize the folly & think love is not about a good face meeting a god face but a good human being meeting a compatible one. Much later we realize love is essentially goodness of character & not just a manner of being favorable to one party. Much later we realize, love is a profound ability to create. Human being may or may not participate in it.

एक हम है इस मुल्क में के आशिकाना रह गए 

मुबरख, अपनी जिद से आपने क्या क्या बदला हमको 

Our capability to find meaning in our life changes as also our initiative to find meaning in our life. When we feel there is more to find we find means & measures to go for that find. There are those who can live without all this. There are some who just can’t. Also what changes is the perspective of meaning. Togetherness is the meaning of life initially. Later on we understand the empowerment. It is irrespective of what is near & what is far. Even now as I am writing, my mind knows there is some change. Hopefully it is an elevation.

Change including the change has a predominating effect on everyone around. It is hard to find period of solace; muhalat-e-guftagu, it hard to find an occasion where one could sit & exchange beauty of mind & heart. No cribs but like everything else the poetry has taken a back seat. Instead what have come to the fore are the selling lines that have some objective like getting the job done. The short-deliverance & a shorter perspective have had a very cursing effect on the quality of ghazals that is on the platter now. Poetry has fallen prey to the fast track life. I rarely see anybody even humming his way to glory. There is no path, there is no destination. All in all human consciousness has lost the taste for beauty. Zid ki shayari is an attempt to resurrect the good things & create a new following for the age old classic form of literature. Ghazal is a panacea for a good communication, worthwhile communication in a worthwhile way. It is a research on how many things a human mind could think about. It is a way to find your own world in the world. It is a method of creating that world if that does not exist as such already. Newer destinations, newer vistas, newer events; change is eminent for you.

Zid ki Shayari is not a promise but it is a commitment to add more meaning to life.

होते है कम ही आप जैसे फिकरो-ओ-फन-ओ-इमानदार

जो करे हम जैसे नाचीज़ की क़द्र तहे दिल से एक बार