u/Anxious-Lobster107

Moving on from her.

Poetry Recited by me

Bought it in the bookfair.

Reading Gulzar's Footprints on Zero Line feels less like reading history and more like listening to the silence left behind by Partition.

A line was drawn across a land, but the pain travelled far beyond it. Homes were abandoned, families were separated, and memories became the only places people could return to.

What hurts most is knowing that behind the statistics were ordinary people who lost the familiar: their homes, their neighbours, their childhood streets.

Sitting in a crowded food court, surrounded by noise, I find myself immersed in stories of a time when millions were forced to leave behind pieces of their lives.

Some histories are not just remembered. They are carried.

There are some books you read.

And then there are books that you feel.

The Kite Runner is one of them. 💙

“For you a thousand times over.”

A simple line, but one that carries friendship, guilt, love, sacrifice, and redemption.

Bareilly Book Club: What book has stayed with you long after you finished reading it?

Paperbacks are also expensive guys

Hey fellow book lovers! 👋📖

How about we turn this Load the Box Book Fair into a mini community meetup? 🫶

📅 16–20 September 2026

📍 City Centre LA, Civil Lines, Bareilly

🎟️ Free entry

Meetup idea: We pick a day/time, meet at the fair, browse books together, exchange recommendations, and grab some books for our shelves. 📚✨

If you're interested, comment below with the day you’d prefer (16–20 Sept) and roughly what time works for you.

Let’s get a Bareilly book-community meetup going! ❤️📚

It feels a bit cringy now, but I used to listen to it a lot as a kid. It was really popular back then ♥️🦚

Just picked up The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and And the Mountains Echoed. Planning to start with The Kite Runner.

For people who’ve read all three — which one hit you the hardest, and do you have any spoiler-free advice before I start?

थोड़ा ठहर, थोड़ा ठहर

सुने ले ज़रा, सुन ले ज़रा

दिल कह रहा, दिल कह रहा

दे ना सज़ा यूँ बेवजाह

रूठ कर मुझसे ना जा अभी

भूल कर शिकवा-गीला सभी प्यार का

आ जाओ मेरी तमन्ना (मेरी तमन्ना)

बाँहों में आओ

कि हो ना पाए जुदा हम (हो ना पाए जुदा हम)

ऐसे मुझमें समाओ (...समाओ)

हो, हर घड़ी लग रही तेरी कमी

ले चली किस गली, ये ज़िंदगी

है पता, लापता हूँ प्यार में

अनकही, अनसुनी चाहत जगी

जो हुआ, पहले हुआ नहीं

आज तुम, कर लो ज़रा यक़ीं प्यार का

आ जाओ मेरी तमन्ना (मेरी तमन्ना)

बाँहों में आओ

कि हो ना पाए जुदा हम (हो ना पाए जुदा हम)

ऐसे मुझमें समाओ

हो, रुत जवाँ, दिल जवाँ, हसरत जवाँ

तू है तो, ये भी हैं सारे जवाँ

वो नगर, वो डगर होगी हसीं

तू मिले प्यार से मुझको जहा

"पाना है, " तुझको ये दिल कहे

हर घड़ी, अब तो नशा रहे प्यार का

आ जाओ मेरी तमन्ना (मेरी तमन्ना)

बाँहों में आओ

कि हो ना पाए जुदा हम (हो ना पाए जुदा हम)

ऐसे मुझमें समाओ

Here it is

Got Sicily Island as Dowry