Shayari on Death, Language, and Society
Javed Akhtar live at Jashn-e-Rekhta 2025 in New Delhi. A full mushaira session with his long nazms and sharp social writing. He opens with verses on moral numbness, shame, loyalty, and the hunger for the impossible. Then comes a nazm titled Death. It moves through the fading of senses, memory, and identity, then hints at release from the house of the body.
He follows with a nazm on language. A warning about words being cut off from meaning, until speech turns into noise and thought collapses. He closes with a chess metaphor. A game that looks like war, where pawns get sacrificed, and kings stay safe.
He follows with a nazm on language. A warning about words being cut off from meaning, until speech turns into noise and thought collapses. He closes with a chess metaphor. A game that looks like war, where pawns get sacrificed, and kings stay safe.
