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Home / Posts tagged "Fascism"

Survival by Ashaq Hussain

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Arnab Goswami, BJP, Fascism, Freedom, Hindutva, Independence, Indian Media, Kashmir, Modi, Occupation

(I) How do you bear the separation While your home is under siege: By recalling an army of metaphors Or dead clichéd caterpillars of hope? How do you bear separation alone While you oscillate between awful Dregs of despair and the hazy Halloweens of commercial ads? (ii) How do you … Read more →

Zoon by Salik Basharat

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Fascism, Hindutva, Indian Occupation, Kashmir, Poetry, Resistance

I sprint down the stairwell and rush through the backdoor to hear the laments of a hundred faithful; while of a hundred thousand more I do not hear, but feel – like an ache in my bones. this veiled support and this willed support has opposed – And so have … Read more →

Verse-journal of the Kashmir Siege

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Annexation, Fascism, Kashmir, Occupation, Poetry, Resistance

Ather Zia   August When I asked if there would be a war, they replied “did it ever end?” and continued their song. 8/4/19, the siege begins next day * our hearts are sinking, but our prayers are rising, Azadi, Azadi, Azadi 4th day of the Kashmir siege, 8/8/19 * … Read more →

It’s not safe outside by Azhar Wani

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Fascism, Heaven, Hell, Hindutva, India, Kashmir, Resistance

Agar firdous But heaven is an archive. And it has been full Since before us, as the History of man, Fills rooms and lush gardens. Kohl Eyed Virgin Archivers Look around to read, forever, And Cry. Bar royye But Dearest, our faces are left to shine under A moon, so … Read more →

Two poems by Shabir Ahmed Mir

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Fascism, Freedom, India, Kashmir, Liberation, Occupation, Pakistan, Poetry, Resistance, Syria

GHAZAL Eyes of porcelain. Dreams of stone. Pieces of porcelain. Screams of stone.   These impotent idols, this adamant priest, This tyranny of faith, these regimes of stone.   A mouthful of dust; a handful of bones: What castles of ambition! What schemes of stone!   The thirsty artificer sculpting … Read more →

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