a Kashmiri view Archived Message Posted by Subhi on December 30, 2019, 5:00 pm, in reply to "what is good stuff to read for learning and understanding the situation with India and Kashmir?" Ather Zia the poet and academic, a supporter of Azadi like many Kashmiris, which is independence i think rather than uniting with Pakistan, the fallout of partition a catastrophe for India/Pakistan is still playing out in Kashmir, Luton and Slough are centres of Kashmiri settlement in the UK a poem "Four corners of extreme pain mother sits by the fire which licks the broken hearth, burning the bread which needed to be eaten, oranges from the funeral guests, rot in the same corner with mother, she now turns the bread, that no one wanted to eat, father is almost hidden the smoke from the hearth surrounding him for years his hookah pipe stuck to into his mouth he looks like a patient in the ICU, his nostrils like little steam engines with no destination, his feet cold the daughter sits huddled, her upper lip sweaty wrapping and rewrapping herself in the shawl torn from that night, the scratch marks on her shoulders raw, the henna heart on her palm faded beneath plastic flowers, and a photograph, posing with a pen the son in the final corner, lies all dressed for burial, soon maybe once they lift the curfew?" Ather Zia and an interview with the Globe Message Thread: what is good stuff to read for learning and understanding the situation with India and Kashmir? - rippon December 30, 2019, 10:36 am Here's some stuff to get u started - Der December 30, 2019, 12:38 pm thanks - rippon December 30, 2019, 1:41 pm couple of other links - brooks December 30, 2019, 2:52 pm a Kashmiri view - Subhi December 30, 2019, 5:00 pm The legacy of British imperialism and division of India into India and Pakistan has been a - psingh December 30, 2019, 5:49 pm   Searching