Author: Kulsoomified

  • तस्वीर

    Hello everyone, I was just wondering I never posted anything in Hindi. So here’s a poem by me in Hindi.

    तस्वीर

    बस एक तेरी तस्वीर ही है अब मेरे पास, वरना बचा क्या है?
    रिश्ता ज़िंदा है आज भी मेरे दिल में,
    वरना निभाने की वजह क्या है?
    माना नाराज़ थे हम,
    पर खफा तुम भी तो थे…
    मेरी बेरुखी की वजह तुम भी तो थे|
    “प्यार है तुमसे, लौट आओ”, कहा था हमने
    “नहीं, चले जाओ”, अलफ़ाज़ तुम्हारे ही तो थे|
    मेरे दिल में हो तुम, इसलिए इन कविताओं में हो…
    ये कवितायेँ, ये एहसास, ये प्यार ही तो है
    वरना बचा क्या है?
    एक तेरी तस्वीर से इश्क़ निभाने की
    वरना वजह क्या है?

    – ©Kulsoom Abid

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  • Giving Up

    Photographer : ©Kulsoom Abid

    Giving up is like running away from your problems. People say give up if you can’t get what you want and try something else. But I say never give up.

    Don’t listen to your brain because it will always reason with you. It will always make you doubt yourself with tons of “what if”, “but”, “maybe” etc.

    Just ask your heart this simple question, “how much this matters to me? ” or you can try “how much do I love this? ”

    It can be anything. It can be a person, it can be a hobby you want to pursue as a career, it can be any goal you want to achieve, it can be a dream you want to fulfil, it can literally be anything.

    Your heart will give you the true and unbiased answer of what you really want to do. And if your heart says “it matters to me alot” or “I love it so much”. Then my dear friend I request you not to give up.

    I won’t lie to you, it will be extremely difficult and there will be times when you will doubt your decision and sometimes you will think that people were right and you’ll consider giving up. And trust me at that time giving up will be the easiest and safest option. But please don’t.

    We have one life. We live only once. And everything, every single thing we truly love is worth the hard work, is worth trying.

    You will have to deal with millions of “maybe this is not the right time”, “maybe this is not the right place” and “what will people think about me”.

    So here’s a friendly reminder, you are the one who is going to decide the right time and the right place. I do believe in God and I believe God always helps the people who help themselves. Write your own story, believe in your aim, in yourself and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

    And “people” will say whatever they want to say. Trust me it has nothing to do with you and everything to do with themselves. Everyone has to face critics in their journey. Use them as your motivation. Just remember that after quitting because of “what will people say/think about me” , one day when you will be regretting this whole decision making process and the outcome, those “people” will be nowhere to console you. All you will ever hear them say will be “ you shouldn’t have given up if you loved it so much”.

    We are humans, we are hypocrites don’t listen to us. Listen to your inner voice and your heart. We will make you think you are a fool trying to fulfil your dreams but never listen to us. Because all we want is to pull you down to where we are and make you like ourselves, so do yourself a favour and don’t listen to us.

    If you are a bird or a fish and you listen to a giraffe or a plant, then just imagine what you’ll end up doing. Or let’s see it this way, if you are birds and are of same breed but u have the ability to fly slightly higher than the others but you listen to them and hence fly at the same level as them. You are clearly doing injustice to yourself.

    So I request you, don’t give up . We live once. Let’s spend it doing what makes us happy.

    Think about it. Your view, reviews, suggestions and criticisms are most welcomed. Feel free to share it with someone you know needs this right now. Let’s tell each other that not all humans are bad and we can do good things too, we can support and motivate too.

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  • I Write…

    Picture by: @_miss_abid_ Instagram page

    I write when I’m upset,

    I write when I’m broken.

    I write when I have nowhere else to go.

    I write when that’s the only thing I want to do.

    I write when I have to one to talk to,

    I write when my soul asks me to.

    I write when I’m happy.

    I write when words pull me towards them,

    I write when my thoughts make me overwhelmed.

    I write when my pen wants to dance,

    I write when my feelings are the song.

    I write when my soul wants to fly high in the sky,

    I write when my words begin to cry.

    I write when my heart wants to dive deep into the sea,

    I write when I want to show what I see.

    I write when the paper pleads,

    I write when my pen wants to bleed.

    I write for the pain that’s biting,

    I write for the sake of writing.

    -©Kulsoom Abid

    This was an original by me. I hope you like it. Your views and reviews are most welcomed. Feel free to comment below.

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  • Why is Racism even a Thing?

    ©Kulsoom Abid

    I was into my routine “late-night-overthinking” when I realized that sometimes I don’t understand why “Racism” is even a thing?


    I mean it’s like saying white flowers are beautiful because they are white and purple or blue ones are ugly because they are purple or blue.


    At the end of the day, they all are flowers. They all are beautiful.
    Imagine if the World had only white or yellow flowers… Now imagine the world with only red or purple or blue flowers…?
    There will be no variety in gardens and bouquets, everything will look the same.

    Let’s look at it in this way.

    When we make a painting, we colour it the way we want to, we use the colours we think will look good on the object and we go deep down into our creativity and imagination to come up with what we desire for. And when we are done, we don’t care what others think, we love our painting because it is ours it is purely our creativity.

    Now, think of us (the people in the world) as paintings and think of God as an artist. He painted us this way, he painted the flowers this way because he wanted to. It’s his creativity and he loves us he is proud of us for the way we are. In the same way, we would have been of something we created.

    Purple and white flowers look more beautiful together than separately, whether in the Garden (normal life, local places and society) or in the Bouquet (high ranking jobs, prestigious sectors and in the decision making bodies). Understand that. Because we won’t like the future generations to think we were stupid to not understand such simple things, because the world will always be a colourful place, whether you like it or not because the Creator likes it this way.

    I would love to know your views, reviews and suggestions on the topic and my blog too. Feel free to comment below.

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  • What Makes Your Country Really Happy?

    An original by: ©Kulsoom Abid

    Hey everybody, I know I haven’t posted in a while but there is something I want to talk about. Let’s think about the question in the heading. What makes your country really happy?

    Country is made by it’s people and we are the people, so tell me, do we like hate speeches? Do we like discrimination? Do we like racism, casteism and sexism? Do we like how people spread hate messages about a particular religion? Do we like the conflict between religions? Do we like civil wars and mass murders and mob lynchings?

    I don’t know about you but I don’t like any of this. I’m an Indian, and I’m proud of my religion, I’m proud of my country and I love my culture. And I’m hundred percent sure that each and every one of you feel the same way.

    We are a secular nation and growing up I have always read about how we Indians, despite being of different religions and castes, have lived together with harmony and brotherhood for centuries.

    The thing is, I received a post today in which there was a Mughal Painting depicting how the Mughal ruler Aurangzeb had demolished the ” Krishan janmabhoomi ” Temple in Mathura.

    Here are few pictures of the post and the comments below. Just read them and tell me how you feel about it.

    So how do you feel now? Now please tell me was this a kind of message to be spead among today’s youth? Such infuriating forwards release Epinephrine (C9H13NO3) also known as Adrenaline in the body. This chemical makes us feel angry or we can say “boil our blood”.

    And we all know what impact these things can leave on the mind of others. I’m so heartbroken to see that educated people forward such posts and do not report it.

    On the 2nd page of this blog I’m sharing few links, please go there and have a look at few stories that show the secularism, brotherhood and harmony in our country. I really appreciate those web pages to write such stories.

    I’m not defending Aurangzeb or any other ruler. But the fact is, in history every ruler that came to India build multiple religious worship places according to his religious beliefs as they never knew they were going to be defeated by some other ruler and will have to leave the place. Even as I have read on a website even the hindi rulers of Vijayanagara empire have demolished the mosques. So what should we do now? Go and destroy everything? The world will be a blind place if we go by the rule of “an eye for an eye”.

    We can’t change the past, and I understand the past wasn’t so good, but tell me, is it right to let go of whatsoever good things we have right now? Is it right to fight your Muslim friends because many centuries a go some stupid ruler demolished a temple? Or is it right to fight with your Hindu friends because of the same reason?

    Please I request you all, I understand that making people fall for negative things is much easier than making them aware of the positive side, but please don’t spread such things please don’t spread hate.

    Humanity is the biggest religion. Please don’t forget the “sharing is caring” and “a friend in need is a friend indeed” lessons we learnt as children.

    Humanity, secularism, brotherhood, peace, and love makes our country happy. Moral values make our country happy. Togetherness makes our country happy.

    Please let me know what you think about it in the comments below. Your view, reviews, suggestions etc are most welcomed.

    I hope you people understand what I’m trying to say.

    Thank you for reading.

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  • The Moon Looks Like


    Photograph by : @_miss_abid_ Instagram Page

    “The moon looks like a dear friend,
    A far but a near friend,
    Keeping me company, till the darkness end.


    Listening to my tears, fears, sorrow and befall,
    Until I have said it all.


    Until I crawl under the moonlight and fall asleep,
    Moon helps me count the sheeps.


    She hide my scars and make me look beautiful in her light,
    Assuring me, everything will be alright.


    She fills my heart with hope and strength to fight,
    And if things won’t work out,
    I’ll be okay just by her sight.


    The moon looks like a dear friend,
    A far but a near friend,
    Keeping me company, till the darkness end.”

    -©Kulsoom Abid


    This is a poem by me, I hope you like it. Your reviews are whole heartedly welcomed.

    You can also suggest me some topics to write about.

    Thank you for reading.

  • Thoughts of a Grey- headed Pigeon.

    “I’m unique with my white body and grey head
    But i do eat the same bread.


    Wherever my eyes go ,
    I see my fellow greys and whites,
    Somehow my appearance matter to them more than the light’s.


    Somehow I’m both but none,
    Somehow I feel like an alien.


    Although I’m just like them,
    Yet so un-like them.


    I know there is a difference,
    All i wish for is acceptance.


    Although I have same traits,
    Which the society rejects.


    They are blinded by the myth of appearance,
    All I wish for is acceptance.”

    – ©K.@bid


    This is a poem by me, I hope you all like it. Do share it and let me know your views in the comment below.

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  • Don’t Kill Yourself Today

    Poem source: tumble.com

    Don’t kill yourself today

    Because your Netflix trial still has a week left

    Don’t kill yourself today

    Because no one else will finish off the chicken in the fridge

    Don’t kill yourself today

    Because I know for a fact that Starbucks is releasing a new Frappuccino sometime next month

    Yes, your mother will miss you

    Yes your bully will make a sappy Facebook post about how what a wonderful person you were

    And yes

    Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem

    You know that

    You’ve known that

    Everyone and anyone has been shoving that down your throat since they first learned what the word suicide meant

    So don’t kill yourself

    Until you finish your shampoo and conditioner at the same time

    Don’t kill yourself

    Until Doctor Who is finally cancelled

    Don’t kill yourself

    Until you tell someone your best pasta recipe 

    Don’t kill yourself 

    Because I will keep coming up with reasons for you not to

    And I need you

    To hear all of them

    Don’t kill yourself

    I love you

    You’re important

    It’s a bad day

    Not a bad life

    There is more to this

    The world will keep spinning on its axis without you

    But

    Think of all the sunrises you’d miss

    I know this sounds pointless

    But when you’re sitting in front of everything deadly you own

    Revising your goodbyes

    There will be too much darkness 

    To see anything else

    But this is not about seeing anything else

    This is about turning off the lights

    This is about finding the bed instead of the noose

    This is about giving yourself one more day

    Even if it takes ten thousand of those

    One more morning’s

    Until

    “I can’t wait for tomorrow”

    This is about staying alive

    Because there’s gonna be a new Marvel movie

    No one should miss that

    This is about staying alive

    Because the future is coming 

    And it’s ready for you

    I don’ t need you to see it

    I just need you to believe you can make it 

    Until then


    – Hannah Dains

  • Opening up…

    Today I’m going to open up to you all. While thinking about this post today, I felt how difficult it is to open up or talk to about something. We have this constant thing going on in our head that, “what if people don’t understand”, ” Should I even do this?? ” , “what if I get trolled”, etc.

    Asking people to talk about their problems and experiences is easier than doing it. So I can’t ask you all to talk about such things until and unless I do it myself first.

    So here I am.

    There was a time in my life when things weren’t good. I had shifted to new school, I was not being able to adjust there, I wasn’t scoring well, I was being bullied, I was being called names, and last be not the least got backstabbed by friends, I thought I would have forever. And all these things were going on at the same time.

    I hated my life. I hated school. I hated everyone and everything. And the worst part was I had no one to share all these things with. I had no one to talk and trust to. I was scared, lonely, unsure, fragile and depressed. I used to cry at nights and go back to “school” in the mornings.

    And at a point things became so worse that I thought about killing myself. Yes I did. I was trying to look as if nothing bad has ever happened to me for the sake of my family. I didn’t want to see them hurt and suffer because of me. I thought if I will end myself, everything will become perfect again. My parents and my sibling will carry on with their lives and I’ll take all my problems and troubles with me.

    But I loved my family too much to be unsure about it. So I just observed them one day, to see if they will really be happy after I’ll be gone. I realised, they won’t. I, as if for the first time, noticed how much they love me. Everything they talk or plan about includes me. I was heartbroken. And I thought I will tolerate all those things for them. I didn’t want to hurt them no matter what.

    Few days passed, and I continued my routine. But one day I got so bullied in school that it was a last nail in the coffin for me. I tried to control my tears and did something I never thought I was capable of. I went to my class teacher and made her promise that whatever I’m going to tell her will stay between the two of us and won’t go to my parents or any other higher authorities.

    I was taking a huge risk by telling her those things but I had to either ask for help or kill myself. And no matter what I was definitely not ready to give up and let those stupid people win. I was scared while talking to her but she told me she won’t be able to help me if I didn’t be honest with her. So I spoke everything like a trained parrot. I told her how I’m getting bullied and how I thought to end my life. And after, what seemed like eternity, I felt good. I felt relived that I finally spoke up.

    We together decided to take one step at a time. Firstly I improved my grades and participated in the competitions and events. I strengthened my academic record first. And as soon as I started focusing on myself more than my problems, things automatically started to fall in place.

    Due to the competitions, I became more confident and outspoken than I was. Eventually the bullying stopped. I made few new and true friends. Sometimes people used to call me names too but I was so satisfied with myself that it stopped bothering me. But whenever it did, I took stand for myself.

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  • Real Success

    Originally written by : ©Kulsoom Abid
    Image source : YourQuote App

    We often assume that success is all about managing our professional lives efficiently. But I don’t agree with this.

    According to me, real success is managing both, your professional as well as your personal lives effectively.

    Don’t take me wrong. I’m not saying being goal-oriented is a bad thing. But being ONLY goal-oriented and neglecting your family, true friends and loved ones in the process of achieving your dreams is certainly not an ideal thing to do.

    I know sometimes this can be really difficult to do. But there is always a solution to every problem. And in this case, Time management and Discipline is the key.

    There is no gain without pain. What is the use of being on the top of your career if you don’t have people who appreciate and love you for who you truly are and to celebrate your achievements with? Instead of those who will be with you only because of your position?

    Think about it. And please let me know your views in the comment below.

    You can also suggest me some topics to write about. I would love your suggestions.

    Thank you for reading.