Poets from Kashmir, Palestine and Syria evoke the sense of loss and longing that keeps perennially gnawing at their hearts. In the face of the all-encompassing loss, poems by Kashmiri poets betray a sense of urgency and immediacy.
For poets like Tenzin Tsundue and Bhuchung D. Sonam, the long-drawn struggle for Tibet’s self-determination has meant that their quest for homeland remains a...
Cheetah Camp in Trombay has been a transit camp forever. Its residents, displaced from another settlement have waited for nearly 46 years to get houses with...
Scores of replicas of the Hindu shrines in Kashmir that dot Jammu city — a second home to a majority of the displaced Kashmiri Pandits — reflect the...
Jila Watni (exile) was an important theme in the works of Progressive Urdu poets, who were committed to social justice and gender equality.
Fawzia Koofi, a former deputy speaker of parliament, was one of only four women in talks to reach a power-sharing deal with the Taliban, which ultimately...