“When in my early twenties, I first heard Ghalib’s ‘Hazaron Khwahishein Aisi’ in Jagjit Singh’s rendition for the TV serial Ghalib, I was astounded! The lyrics went:

Hazaron khvahishen aisi ki har khvahish pe dam nikle Bahut nikle mere arman lekin phir bhi kam nikle

(A thousand desires such as these, each worth dying for So many of them have been expressed, yet there are more to come)

I still remember the profound impact these words had on me. Something rested at the pit of my stomach. I finally felt understood. Each of my loves was just as strong and deep as the other. And all of them true. Just like the poet said. These words, since then, have been at the heart of my practice of polyamory.”