So i was just sifting through some poetry online, and i came across a sher

Ye qadam qadam balayen, ye sawaad e ku e jaanaa.n

Wo yahin se laut jaaye jise zindagi ho pyaari

Now i had often heard this sher being used in mushairas and other public settings, but never really knew who the author of this famous couplet was. It was Maulana Aamir Usmani. A poet that in my ignorance had never heard of before.

Turns out, he was quite the maverick. Schooled from Deoband, even sold kites for a living once, wrote for bollywood, and many such feats. Khair. I finally got to this nazm of his; and what a nazm it is. Such a morning call to everyone who thinks the world was much better before and its just gone to the dogs now. Listen for yourself.

If you want to talk, i am aamir@urdudaan.in

Happy listening :)