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Compulsion…a poem by Zinda Koul (1884-1965)
Compulsion
One would cry and not restrain the tears,
But crying is of no avail,
Shedding incessant tears is of no avail,
And knocking one's head against
boulders is of no avail.
And knowing that there is none to heed,
Why this urge to…
Stay close to me… a poem by Shishir Kaul
Stay Close to me
Open your eyes and see
Bursting through your seams,
From my mouth a wish leaves.
It breaks through the Rainbows
Now outside it's Dark red, green and yellow
Blinded by the sun now,
Do not hide, see the view
And go against…
Virgin Widows, a short story by Faruq Masudi
In the deep, dark forests of the mysterious Orient, you hunt Musk and with it, prepare a bath of honey and milk for me. You engage mermaids from million leagues deep Oceans to attend on me. My Kohl is prepared deftly by shy Bedouin virgins…
The History of Kashmir
By Francis Younghusband, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E.
Part 5
This reign was, too remarkable for the execution of an engineering scheme to prevent floods and drain the valley, a precisely similar idea to that on which Major de Lothibinere worked out…
The History of Kashmir
By Francis Younghusband, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E.
Part 4
Passing now over a period of six centuries, the only authentically recorded event in which is the reign, A.D. 515, of Mihirakula, the ‘White Hun’, a persecutor of the Buddhist faith, ‘ a…
The History of Kashmir
By Francis Younghusband, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E.
Part 3
Thus among the first authentic facts we can safely lay hold of from among mistry and elusive statements of exuberant Oriental historians, is the fact that Ashoka’s sovereign power extended…
The History of Kashmir
By Francis Younghusband, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E.
Part 2
On a perfectly open and even plain, gently sloping away from a background of snowy mountains, looking directly out on the entire length both of the smiling Kashmir valley and of the snowy…
The History of Kashmir
By Francis Younghusband, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E.
Part 1
A country of such striking natural beauty must, surely, at some period of history have produced a refined and noble noble people! Amid these glorious mountains, breathing their free and…
Pari Mahal
Muriel A.E. Brown
Chenar Leaves: Poems of Kashmir (1921)
Mrs. Percy Brown
Published by Longmans,Green and Co (London) in 1921
September 6, 2015
Pari Mahal ! Strange and romantic name
Bestowed by folk-lore on this ancient pile
Above the Dal…
Aazaadee…a poem by Ghulam Ahmad Mahjoor
O bulbul, let the freedom urge possess your soul !
Bid good bye to your cage, step out,
Gather your flowers and enjoy their bloom!
Speak out bold and clear. Your voice
Need not falter with fear
As when you sang within your cage.
In…