Word War III Is On

The most important battlefield is the people's minds around the world. The media is the military. The journalists are the soldiers. The news - real and fake,  are the missiles and bombs. All other physical militaries, weapons and wars are secondary to the main battle. It is only beginning and the end is not certain at this point.

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Queen Of Thoughts - ख़यालों की रानी,

ख़यालों की रानी

झोंपड़ी में रहती थी

गरीबी वह सहती थी

पर सच्ची रानी थी वह अंदर 

उसके सोच भी थे अति-सुंदर

ख़यालों के विस्तार महल थे उसके 

हमे वहां बुलाती थी कभी 

मेरे चेहरे पर गिराकर लट उसके 

मुझे दामन में सुलाती थी कभी

ENGLISH TRANSLATION:

Queen Of Thoughts

She lived in a hut

She bore poverty, but

She was a queen within, true

Her thoughts too-beautiful, too

Vast castles imagined, she owned

She invited me over, sometimes 

Letting her braids fall over my face

She let me sleep on her lap, sometimes

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