The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Dipika Mukherjee
Telling a human story, with individuals experiencing the effects of an actual political issue—that’s my part in shaking the ground.
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Posts Tagged: Kashmir
Sunday Rumpus Poetry: Three Poems by Fatimah Asghar
& yes, my family did raise me right. Yes, / they cleaned their bones & cracked them clean / open to suck. Would fight over cartilage & knuckle/Sip the marrow’s nectar from urn. .
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Of Gardens and Graves by Suvir Kaul
Manash Bhattacharjee reviews Suvir Kaul’s Of Gardens and Graves today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Throwaways
Nazir lies buried in the mind’s forbidden faraways, on the margin of the village graveyard, obscured by nettle.
...moreKashmir Festival Over Before it Starts
Kashmir was supposed to hold its very first literary festival at the end of September, but preempting violence from organizers and growing fears have unfortunately postponed the event. Salman Rushdie occupies contentious author-space overseas. His novel, The Satanic Verses was banned over in India. The rumors suggesting he was going to speak at the Kashmir […]
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