Srinagar, Dec. 9 -- On 16 September 2025, Syed Mehdi Mosvi was born. The world shifted the moment he arrived. He is only two months old, and already time moves around him, shaped by his breath, his cries, and the twitch of his tiny fingers.

The philosophers speak of transformation, but none prepare a man for the depth of becoming.

Beyond books, fatherhood is discovered in the way a child's presence rearranges priorities, redefines courage, and renders ordinary moments profound.

I watch him lie on the blanket, his gaze fixed on the ceiling as though it is a cathedral, and I am reminded of Blake: to see a world in a grain of sand, a heaven in a wild flower.

He sees the world in ways I had almost forgotten.

The curl of his fingers, th...