a poem by Iqbal Haider

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aa_iinaa hairaan hai aur aasmaa.N rone ko hai
is tamaash_gaah me.n ab aur kyaa hone ko hai
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kashtagaan-e-dard ko jaa.N kii amaa.N kaise mile
zindagii kii har duaa apanaa sar khone ko hai
[kashtagaan-e-dard = pain that starts and stops/intermittent pain][amaa.N = protection]
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niind ke maare kisii sapane kii Khvaahish kyaa kare.n
har gha.Dii mahasuus hotaa hai sahar hone ko hai
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kis ke naqsh-e-paa ko samajhe.n apanii manzil kaa nishaa.N
jhaag u.Daatii mauj aakar har nishaa.N dhone ko hai
[naqsh-e-paa = footprints; jhaag = foam; mauj = wave]
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kaash ye ko_ii sitaaraa yaa ko_ii juganuu kahe
har andheraa kah rahaa hai roshanii hone ko hai
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ai havaa-e-be-yaqiinii gul na kar ghar ke charaaG
chand lamho.n ko Thahar jaa kuchh na kuchh hone ko hai
[chand = few]

Education Against All Odds:_ Karachi, Pakistan. A community initiated school in the slums of Karachi, much like the initial school that the Bright Education Society set up, is being held at dusk in a mosque courtyard....(more ...) http://www.partnershipwalk.org/usa/content/featured_sections/faf/educationagainstallodds.html