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The horrendous assault on civilization itself generated a fear psychosis so intense that it seemingly wiped out the human race from the streets into the safe seclusion of their homes. MUSAFIR NAMA IX capturs the spirit of these extremely trying times and the issues that were raised. friends who were lost received due homage from a friend to honour that friendship. alongwith the digressions that are inevitable whenever Musafir picks up hispen. Happy reading.
Ajay Kumar Singh 'musafir"
Ajay Kumar Singh 'Musafir' is a prolific poet who prefers and promotes the rhyming verse format. Born to Draupadi Devi nee Rai, from Khajraitha, Bihar, and Arjun Prasad Singh of Olipur, District Lakhisarai, Bihar, he studied in Bethany School, Darjeeling, St. Josephs College school Darjeeling, and Delhi Public School, Mathura Road (1982-84). He graduated from Hansraj College, Delhi University (1984-1987) with a BA (Hons) in History and did his post-graduation from JNU, New Delhi (1987-1993) with an MA and an MPhil in International Relations. Thus during his formative years he was in exile from his beloved home Neel Kothi, Lakhisarai. Hence his intense longing for his hometown - Lakhisarai.
His literary journey was ignited by the two masters of Urdu Ghazal poetry, first by Meer Taqi Meer and Ghalib when Sanjeev Ranjan, raconteur par excellence, a friend and a mentor, took the trouble to explain Urdu ghazals, which till then was an insurmountable wall. This simply opened the floodgates. His other influences were William Shakespeare, William Wordsworth, Sir Walter Scott, Kabir, Tulsidas, Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan, Rabindranath Tagore, Harivansh Rai Bachchan and Bollywood.
Indian History has been a passion ever since he began to understand its dynamics in the third year of his honours course in Hansraj College.
He adopted the pen name 'Musafir' meaning traveller as we all are Musafirs travelling from one place to another, one age to another, one world to another and one life to another.
He is currently a Civil Servant, resident in Gurgaon.
