{"product_id":"of-gardens-and-graves-9780822362890","title":"Of Gardens and Graves","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCombining personal reflection, political analysis, and literary criticism with memoir and journalistic observation, Suvir Kaul examines the textures of everyday life in Kashmir in the years following the region's pervasive militarization in 1990. \u003ci\u003eOf Gardens and Graves\u003c\/i\u003e also includes contemporary Kashmiri poetry and a photo-essay by Javed Dar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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 *\u003cbr\u003e\"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 *\u003cbr\u003e\"This book on Kashmir offers something significant as somebody has for the first time collected Kashmiri writings written under the siege.\" * Kashmir Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations  ix\u003cbr\u003e Preface  xiii\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments  xxv\u003cbr\u003e Introduction  1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Poems\u003cbr\u003e Arjan Dev \"Majboor\"  14\u003cbr\u003e Ghulam Hassan \"Taskeen\"  20\u003cbr\u003e Brij Nath \"Betaab\"  24\u003cbr\u003e Ghulam Nabi Tak \"Naazir\"  28\u003cbr\u003e Shabir \"Azar\"  33\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Essay 1. Visiting Kashmir, Re-learning Kashmir  39\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Poems\u003cbr\u003e \"Shahzadah\" Rafiq  64\u003cbr\u003e Bashir \"Dada\"  66\u003cbr\u003e Naji Munawar  70\u003cbr\u003e Rukhsana Jabeen  72\u003cbr\u003e Arshad Mushtaq  74\u003cbr\u003e Ayesha \"Mastoor\"  78\u003cbr\u003e Maqbool \"Sajid\"  82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Essay 3. \"My Paradise in Burnin' . . . \"  87\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Poems\u003cbr\u003e Moti Lal \"Saqi\"  108\u003cbr\u003e Mohiuddin \"Massarat\"  112\u003cbr\u003e Mir Ghulam Nabi \"Shaheen\"  116\u003cbr\u003e Jawahir Lal \"Saroor\"  120\u003cbr\u003e Pyare \"Hatash\"  122\u003cbr\u003e Ghulam Nabi \"Khayal\"  124\u003cbr\u003e \"Shahzada\" Rafiq  126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Essay 3. The Witness of Poetry  129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Poems\u003cbr\u003e Rashid \"Kanispuri\"  158\u003cbr\u003e Pyare \"Hatash\"  160\u003cbr\u003e Jawahir Lal \"Saroor\"  162\u003cbr\u003e Fayaz Talgami  164\u003cbr\u003e Bashir \"Zair\"  166\u003cbr\u003e Ghulam Hassan \"Ghamgeen\"  168\u003cbr\u003e Kashi Nath \"Baghwan\"  172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Essay 4. Indian Empire (and the Case of Kashmir)  177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Poems\u003cbr\u003e Zahid Mukhtar  204\u003cbr\u003e Som Nath Bhat \"Veer\"  208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Coda. A Time without Soldiers  213\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  217\u003cbr\u003e Index  225","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866014658903,"sku":"9780822362890","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822362890.jpg?v=1722276629","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/of-gardens-and-graves-9780822362890","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}