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Tahir Ibn Manzoor

The author considers self as the test match blogger – technically the wall at grubby courtyard where he had scored runs in tons eating buns while feeding hens in a coop – normatively TORPID – statistically averages MINUS who aimed BIRDS and WINDOW PANES of his neighbours with his 9-year-old ALPHA BAT that died over a FREE-HIT. The wicket-keeper batsman once in a blue moon tried OFF-SPIN and LEG-SPIN but failed in a long run.

The birth of widows in conflict ridden Kashmir

The men who died in the Kashmir conflict can never come back, but their memories bring joy as well as pain to their families who are yearning to see their graves.

A Rainy Letter To Thee

"Dusk befriends soothing wind & lazing rain in Mauj (mother), Kashmir; Raindrops splash, needles kissing my homeland, poured by thee."

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