1/1: raaston

jidhar jaate hain sab

jaana udhar achcha nahin lagta

mujhe paamaal raston

ka safar achcha nahin lagta

where everybody goes

i don’t like going there

on the trodden path

i don’t like to travel

Javed Akhtar

(5)

paamaal (2) trample, trodden

raaston (1) paths

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