About this book
What do we do with the feelings we never say out loud?
Some of them settle in quietly and stay — in a promise made on an ordinary day, in the space someone leaves behind, in a prayer said for a person who will never hear it.
A Promise Made on 9th October is a debut collection of poetry and reflective prose on love, loss, healing, and the quiet courage of beginning again. Through longing, grief, faith and self-discovery, it invites readers into moments of vulnerability that are both deeply personal and universally familiar.
Interwoven with seventeen original hand-drawn illustrations, the collection unfolds as an emotional journey rather than a set of isolated poems — each of its three sections building on the last. English verse sits alongside Urdu couplets and their translations. At its core, this is an exploration of what it means to love, to lose, to endure, and ultimately, to find peace.
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