Of Gardens and Graves

Kashmir, Poetry, Politics

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

AvSuvir Kaul

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In Of Gardens and Graves Suvir Kaul examines the disruption of everyday life in Kashmir in the years following the region's pervasive militarization in 1990. Kaul's autobiographical and analytical essays, which were prompted by his yearly visits to Kashmir, are a combination of political analysis, literary criticism, memoir, and journalistic observation. In them he explores Kashmir's pre- and post-Partition history, the effects of militarization, state repression, the suspension of civil rights on Kashmiris, and the challenge Kashmir represents to the practice of democracy in India. The volume also features translations of Kashmiri poetry written in these years of conflict. These poems constitute an archive of heightened feelings and desires that affectively interrogate official accounts of Kashmir while telling us much about those who face extraordinary political turbulence and violence. Of Gardens and Graves also contains a photo essay by Javed Dar, whose photographs work together with Kaul's essays and the poems to represent the interweaving of ordinary life, civic strife, and spectacular violence in Kashmir.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2017-02-03
Mått152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt499 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor256
FörlagDuke University Press
MedarbetareDar,Javed
ISBN9780822362784

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Illustrations ixPreface xiiiAcknowledgments xxvIntroduction 1PoemsArjan Dev "Majboor" 14Ghulam Hassan "Taskeen" 20Brij Nath "Betaab" 24Ghulam Nabi Tak "Naazir" 28Shabir "Azar" 33Essay 1. Visiting Kashmir, Re-learning Kashmir 39Poems"Shahzadah" Rafiq 64Bashir "Dada" 66Naji Munawar 70Rukhsana Jabeen 72Arshad Mushtaq 74Ayesha "Mastoor" 78Maqbool "Sajid" 82Essay 3. "My Paradise in Burnin' . . . " 87PoemsMoti Lal "Saqi" 108Mohiuddin "Massarat" 112Mir Ghulam Nabi "Shaheen" 116Jawahir Lal "Saroor" 120Pyare "Hatash" 122Ghulam Nabi "Khayal" 124"Shahzada" Rafiq 126Essay 3. The Witness of Poetry 129PoemsRashid "Kanispuri" 158Pyare "Hatash" 160Jawahir Lal "Saroor" 162Fayaz Talgami 164Bashir "Zair" 166Ghulam Hassan "Ghamgeen" 168Kashi Nath "Baghwan" 172Essay 4. Indian Empire (and the Case of Kashmir) 177PoemsZahid Mukhtar 204Som Nath Bhat "Veer" 208Coda. A Time without Soldiers 213Bibliography 217Index 225

“Suvir Kaul’s impressive volume, bringing poems and photographs along with interpretative essays on the politics and history of Kashmir, tells us what has gone wrong (and is still going wrong) in Kashmir and how the security concerns of the state take precedence over the daily suffering and trauma of ordinary people. . . . Kaul’s text is dramatically highlighted as we witness firsthand this human tragedy through the poems and photographs of this magnificent book.” - Reeta C. Tremblay (Pacific Affairs) "An eloquent appeal to the reader to understand the everyday experience of those who live in militarised Kashmir. . . . An important book that neither sentimentalises the suffering of Kashmir’s people, nor offers an abstracted analysis of their political predicament. The interweaving of essay, poetry and photography makes for a richer understanding of the ways in which global events impact on both region and on the individual within it." - Cathy Turner (Postcolonial Studies) "This book on Kashmir offers something significant as somebody has for the first time collected Kashmiri writings written under the siege." (Kashmir Times)