Basit Malik It is limelight winter evening. I stand firm on my decision, while searching the deepest point in the Jhelum. I am not one of those water environmentalists nor a typical nature lover. I disown the paradox, world and this city. It has amplified my every effort into a … Read more →
Repudiating The Fathers: Resistance and Writing Back in Mirza Waheed’s The Collaborator
by Rakhshan Rizwan I write on that void: Kashmir, Kaschmir, Cashmere, Qashmir, Cashmir, Cashmire, Kashmere, Cachemire, Cushmeer, Cashmiere, Casmir, or Cauchemar in a sea of stories? Or: Kacmir, Kaschemir, Kasmere, Kachmire, Kasmir. Kerseymere? (Ali 3) Agha Shahid Ali, the critically acclaimed Kashmiri-American poet, speaks of his personal and literary conundrum … Read more →
Kashmir As a Palimpsest of Violence: Reading The Wonder House (2005) and The Homecoming (2008)
Mohammad Atif Mysterious mountains, intriguing rivers and picturesque valleys, caught between political controversy, insurgency, militancy and infiltration: Kashmir has been a topic of interest for many writers. Throughout history, Kashmir has been known for its scenic beauty and closeness towards nature while being there. But in the past half century, … Read more →
The Changing Aspirations of Kashmiri Youth
The Changing Aspirations of Kashmiri Youth By Anwesha Ray Chaudhuri The paper aims to study the changing aspirations of the Kashmiri youth. This is interpreted as a transition of gun totters to peaceful protesters. The paper will begin with study of the trajectory of youth picking up guns to replacement … Read more →
Translations of Faiz and Makhdoom
Arzoo – A Wish Faiz Ahmad Faiz Translated from the Urdu by Abid Ahmad Mujhay maujazoN pay yaqeeN nahiN magar aarzoo hay kay jab qaza mujhay bazm-e-dehr say lay chalay to phir aik baar ye izn day kay lehad say laut kay aa sakooN teray dar pay aa kay sada … Read more →
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