Suvir Kaul is A. M. Rosenthal Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania and the author, most recently, of Eighteenth-Century British Literature and Postcolonial Studies. Javed Dar is an award-winning photojournalist with the Xinhua News Agency in Srinagar and has covered the conflict in Kashmir for more than a decade.

• 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)

Suvir Kaul is A. M. Rosenthal Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania and the author, most recently, of Eighteenth-Century British Literature and Postcolonial Studies. Javed Dar is an award-winning photojournalist with the Xinhua News Agency in Srinagar and has covered the conflict in Kashmir for more than a decade.

• 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)

Suvir Kaul is A. M. Rosenthal Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania and the author, most recently, of Eighteenth-Century British Literature and Postcolonial Studies. Javed Dar is an award-winning photojournalist with the Xinhua News Agency in Srinagar and has covered the conflict in Kashmir for more than a decade.

• 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)