A 3rd year B.Tech student from Srinagar has recently published his maiden urdu poetry book titled “Afsaana e Shoriida”.
Zuhaib Fayaz from Omer Colony-B, Lal Bazar, Srinagar district has divided the book into 4 parts which cover the topics of love, time before separation, the separation itself and some pieces about his personal ideology.
Though he is a computer geek at mind, his love for poetry started off pretty early. He started writing since he was 14 years old which he says is because it was in his blood as his grandfather was a poet too. This is why he has set his takhallus (pen name) as the same as his grandfather’s i.e Aseer to pay homage to him. His genre of poetry revolves mainly around love and separation from beloved because of the influence on him by poets like Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, Waseem Barelvi ,Ahmad Faraz and many others.
Zuhaib said that in his poetry he tried to describe how much importance one’s emotions and feelings has in a person’s overall life and how these things affect a person mentally and physically, be it a negative or a positive effect.
“I have also written about how people misunderstand and carelessly throw around the word “love” and in what context is it usually used these days which is completely opposite of what should be actually comprehended of it” , he said.
“The message I tried to convey to all those who have been through love and to all those who fought through it is that if you thinking of doing this courageous act, you should also be ready for the consequences and also take care of yourself during all that because some people don’t deserve the amount of care, love or appreciation you provide them considering that you are not keeping an eye on your own actions”, he said.