The face behind the Instagram page with over a million followers, @iwritewhatyoufeel, Anubhav Agarwal is known for serene Hindi poetry readings of his original work. Using the simple everyday language, Anubhav has successfully touched the hearts of billions of people with his words and ability to evoke deep emotions.
His Instagram name describes him the best – he does write what we feel. Heartbreak or friendship, first love or the last one, he has a way with words. The reality of life described in a poetic way using the common-man language is what makes all his pieces phenomenal.
Wo Shaqs (that person) is a beautiful piece about meeting someone who genuinely cares for you. In this world of lies and corruption, there is so much greed. In life, we all meet people who were meant to simply teach us a lesson, never stay. So, when you meet someone good, someone who loves you, is happy to see you succeed – someone who is just always there for you when you need them – you don’t want to let them go. Wo Shaqs is about this feeling and that person. People will come and people will go, but ‘Tu hamesha mere paas rehna, kabhi chodke mat jana’ – is the essence of the poem.
Jab koi sach mai pyaar karega (when someone will truly love you) reiterates the simplicities of love in real life. It isn’t about the big things, it’s all the little things that show if someone truly loves you. One could buy you hundreds of gifts and tell you they love you over a million times, but is that love? Or is it walking on the traffic-side yourself rather than letting the person you love? Is it being the first person who gets a call when something happens?
The piece is a deep-dive into the ups and downs of real relationships. But Anubhav Agarwal does so in a positive way, showing us the beauty of the struggles. ‘Pyaar kiya nahi jata, ho jata hai’ (love isn’t something you do, it just happens) is one of the most shattering lines.
