";s:4:"text";s:2848:" When we talk about Kashmir, let’s not forget that in this noise of disturbed 4-5 Districts of Kashmir Valley is buried the firm voice of silent but peaceful and nationalist Jammu and Ladakh that has never ever expressed any 'reservation' about the state of Jammu and Kashmir joining the Union of India after the partition in 1947. He grew up in Kashmir, the son of a distinguished and highly educated family in Srinagar. My husband and I had been strolling around Srinagar on a cold morning, and were looking for a cup of tea. He attended the University of Kashmir, the University of Delhi and, upon arriving in the United States in 1975, Pennsylvania State University and … "Postcard from Kashmir" by Agha Shahid Ali Agha Shahid Ali "Postcard from Kashmir" Agha Shahid Ali was born in New Delhi, India in 1949. Home (line 2), normal speaking, refers to a place where people are currently living in. Now I holdthe half-inch Himalayas in my hand. And this the closest I'll ever be to home. I always loved neatness. Now I hold the half-inch Himalayas in my hand. When I return, the colors won't be so brilliant, the Jhelum's waters so clean, so ultramarine. I always loved neatness.
(File) Amid clampdown and scrapping of special status to Jammu and Kashmir, popular Carnatic music vocalist, writer and author T M Krishna released a video on social media website Twitter Wednesday reciting a poem, ‘Postcard from Kashmir’, written by Agha Shahid Ali.. Kashmir shrinks into my mailbox, my home a neat four by six inches. This is home. And this the closest I'll ever be to home.
In fact, there is no power right now. When he says ?Now I hold the half inch city of Himalayas in my hand, this is home? Postcard Kashmir (PK)- akin to showing you a picture, strives to bring the latest and diverse news and reports from around the globe with particular focus on Kashmir and the surrounding region of South Asia. “Postcard from Kashmir brings before us the natural beauty of Kashmir on one hand and its grim reality on the other.” We are planning to write a full-fledged essay on this topic.