“Koi haath bhi na milayega jo gale miloge tapaak se
Yeh naye mizaj ka shehr hai zara fasle se mila karo…”
Translation: “Today, nobody is interested in even shaking hands let alone embracing them, This is the new trend in our city, to meet from a distance…” Lovely and poignantly apt lines from one of India’s greatest poets, Bashir Badr—and one of the 20 exquisite bits of Urdu poetry in this delightful medley of ‘social distancing shayari'. The other poets include Ahmad Faraz, Mir Taqi Mir, Nasir Kazmi, and Shahryar. (h/t founding member Pooja Pillai)
