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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162702503321

Autore

Kaul Suvir

Titolo

Of gardens and graves : Kashmir, poetry, politics / / Suvir Kaul ; photographs: Javed Dar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 2016

ISBN

0-8223-7350-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Disciplina

954/.6053

Soggetti

Kashmiri poetry

Kashmir, Vale of (India) Poetry

Kashmir, Vale of (India) Politics and government 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Of Gardens and Graves -- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- POEMS -- Arjan Dev “Majboor” -- Ghulam Hassan “Taskeen” -- Brij Nath “Betaab” -- Ghulam Nabi Tak “Naazir” -- Shabir “Azar” -- ESSAY 1 -- Visiting Kashmir, Re-learning Kashmir -- POEMS -- “Shahzadah” Rafiq -- Bashir Dada -- Naji Munawar -- Rukhsana Jabeen -- Arshad Mushtaq -- Ayesha “Mastoor” -- Maqbool “Sajid” -- ESSAY 2 -- “My Paradise Is Burnin’ . . .” -- POEMS -- Moti Lal “Saqi” -- Mohiuddin “Massarat” -- Mir Ghulam Nabi “Shaheen” -- Jawahir Lal “Saroor” -- Pyare “Hatash” -- Ghulam Nabi “Khayal” -- “Shahzada” Rafiq -- ESSAY 3 -- The Witness of Poetry -- POEMS -- Rashid “Kanispuri” -- Pyare “Hatash” -- Jawahir Lal “Saroor” -- Fayaz Tilgami -- Bashir “Zair” -- Ghulam Hassan “Ghamgeen” -- Kashi Nath “Baghwan” -- ESSAY 4 -- Indian Empire (and the Case of Kashmir) -- POEMS -- Zahid Mukhtar -- Som Nath Bhat “Veer” -- CODA: A Time without Soldiers -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Chiefly Kashimir poems with English translations.