Nocturnal Melody

The night begets,
the melodious pitter-patter
of rain - a mercy
the bald moon
sent shadows beyond,
the dark mountains and
melancholy to earth;
and disappears
behind the fleet of clouds.



Etching the lines of irk,
on the fine surface
of star-spangled firmament;
resigning to its fate
that couldn't glitter
the braids of night.



Moon laughs at night
and men
in the shattered houses
on the hearthrug,
facing the glum hearth.
And the sheen of,
half burned candle -
dances on their dismayed faces.



Envy of rain
moon;
as droplets raise the Jhelum
night befriends dark
and moon remains alone.

Vulgarity Of Indian Cinema

Being a Kashmiri and member of a self-effacing and religious family, I have always found it ill at ease and uncomfortable to watch movies with elders. Gone are the days when parents had no objection in watching movies with their children just for a change. With the intolerable increase of western exposure in Hindi movies, it has become achingly complex for us to accept anything like these that is served in the name of entertainment.

The depiction of blatant and disgraceful scenes of indecency in Indian movies is highly nerve-racking. Such scenes, whether or not the story demands them, are dovetailed at every peculiar place. Whole crew feels that their film shall thrive only by a liberal inclusion of scanty-clad actresses in all kinds of crude ways. On account of this most of the Indian movies are proliferated with disgustingly lewd scenes and are utterly indecent for mass screening. The behavior of producers and directors in Indian cinema of making money at the cost of our social and cultural ethics is indeed objectionable.

Indian cinema is making bad impression on our society and is a great reason behind the engulfing rise in rape and murder cases by contaminating the sensibility of youngsters. The incessant unravel of decency by Indian cinema has corralled the youngsters in the vibes of negativity. It is rare now to find films based on any cultural and intellectual notion through which one may get to acquire something good from.

The onus is on Indian cinema to encourage and educate the youth about their ethical and cultural beliefs, values of life and the status of woman rather to discourage them by never-ending interpretation of vulgarity every time. It should highlight cultural, religious and moral values and way of life so as to spread positive instead of negative vibes, so that our modern generation can come to know the basic values of being in the human life.

And at last, if we are serious about to give woman respect and to treat her the way she justify to be treated, all an Indian cinema has to do is just to illustrate these immodest scenes and violence in such a manner that it should seem hateful rather than glorious.

A version of this article was also published in the print edition of Daily Kashmir Monitor on Friday, 13 February 2015