On Writing
Longer pieces about language, craft, and the cities they come from.
3 pieces, in order
Three essays about writing, and therefore about everything else — which script to use, how a couplet holds together, and what an ordinary evening in an old city will tell you if you walk slowly enough.
- Roman Urdu ki AzaadiWhy I write Urdu in Latin letters, what it costs, and what it quietly gives back.
- Ek Sher ki AnatomyTaking two lines apart to see what makes them hold — misra, radif, qafiya, and the trick of the turn.
- Purani Sheher ki ShaamAn evening walk through the old city, in six photographs and rather too many words.
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On Writing — Saif Ali Khan · https://www.thesaifalikhan.com/collections/essays