Physics explains that sound originates in vibrations, light travels as electromagnetic radiation, and fragrance spreads through molecular motion. Yet literature transforms these familiar phenomena into something profoundly different. In poetry, silence becomes louder than speech, light illuminates the heart rather than the eye, and fragrance awakens forgotten memories. Reading Naina Adil's poetry reminds me of something our education system frequently overlooks: imagination is not the opposite of scientific understanding. It is often the beginning of it.

Having spent decades teaching physics, I have encountered students who could reproduce complicated equations but struggled to explain the physical phenomena behind them. They knew the mathematical expression for resonance without appreciating why a bridge vibrates or how a musical instrument produces sound. They could calculate wavelengths but found it difficult to imagine the behaviour of light. What was missing was not necessarily intelligence or effort, but the imaginative connection between abstract knowledge and lived........

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