“Mai cigarette to nahin pita magar har ek aane waale se pooch leta hun, “maachis hai?”
Bohot kuchh hai jisey phonk dena chahta hun, magar himmat nahin hoti”
— Gulzar
When Parveen Shakir said:
“Ab kya dhundte ho jaley kaghaz ki raakh mein, Wo afsana hi jal gya jiska unwaan tum they.”
It feels like a disappointment and urge to leave it all behind.