A journal of essays, reviews & poems

Rohit Shah

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The Stalker, Andrei Tarkawsky

Andrei Tarkovsky’s “Stalker” sends three men into a forbidden landscape toward a room that grants the deepest wish of the heart—and finds that what they fear most is themselves.

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My List of Most Essential Urdu Poetry

Kahan Aa Ke Rukne The Raste — Amjad Islam Amjad Kahan aa ke rukne the raste, kahan moD tha use bhool ja Wo jo mil gaya use yaad rakh, jo nahin mila use bhool ja Where the paths were meant to pause, or the turns meant to stray, forget.