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dushmanon ke saath

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dushmanon ke saathmere dost bhi aazaad hai

dekhna hai kheenchta hai

mujh pe pehla teer kaun

my friends too

like my enemies…are free

i have to see who

shoots the first arrow at me

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Shaayar Shakir seems to be suggest that a woman in distress is often wounded not only by obvious enemies but also by those closest to her. Friends and family, granted social legitimacy and vested with moral superiority can inflict harm that cuts deeper than open hostility. The first arrow may come from an estranged partner, but it may also come from kin who watch, judge, or withdraw. The sher exposes how intimacy can become a weapon, and how betrayal wrapped in familiarity devastates more quietly, yet more surely.

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