UsTaad

When some couplets written on a piece of paper are making singers famous, here is a story of a Shayar who writes those couplets. From Ghalib to Shiv Kumar Batalvi, poets got more and more famous only after their deaths. Their journeys were speculated by readers, their writings became a part of the school curriculum.

UsTaad is the journey of todayís poet. His name sounded arrogant while his Shayari was painful.† He was no hero who had a happy ending. He didnít preach. He didnít motivate. Was UsTaad an alter ego, a survival mechanism, a defense mechanism or was he just a todayís poet? He suffered and his family suffered but his pen never stopped.

UsTaad just dared to write it all.