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Tanaya Soni
DUNIYA MERI by Gulzar Jugnoo, 2022, 44 pp., 160
November 2022, volume 46, No 11

The book Duniya Meri is an emotional journey of the love that a father and daughter cherish. A timeless tale that has been described with both words and illustrations, it aims to address how, for a father, the daughter is his world. It portrays how little things, little moments shared between them are everything that matters for their happiness.

The poem forms a rhythmic pattern versed through couplets. To me, the format of poetry chosen by the author really works well as what he wants to say is conveyed in very few words but with great depth of meaning. In that sense, the choice of the words and sentencing of the verse is commendable. The author creates comparisons and metaphors of the daughter that the father describes as his Duniya (world), with nature.

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