Sad knock-knock joke:
knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Kashmiri.
Kashmiri who?
Kashmeri hoti tu.
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Sad knock-knock joke:
Sad knock-knock joke:
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bonn’e gal’mit Shaster hund daryaav
heyrr’e kre’hinis asmaanas na gasaan graav
manz kani girdas pyeth bihith
Lall’e Ded wadaan, ‘Magar, Battan gov na khaak’
Mansur Hallaj chakaan naar, ‘Hum kya chahte, azaadi’
Below, a river of molten Iron
Above, an indifferent black sky
In the middle
afloat on a loaf of bread
Lal Ded cries, ‘But, what about Kashmiri Pandits?’
Masoor Hallaj again breathes fire, ‘ What we want, Freedom!’
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Is your city dead and decaying?
Does it smell of rotten flesh?
Are its trees of plastic?
Gardens…well maintained wastelands?
Do you still worry, ‘Waters are poisoned!’?
Wonder, ‘Where have the great lakes gone?’
Where is Maar?
Where is Kul?
Are you now allergic to spring flowers too?
Are your boots still muddied when it rains?
Is snow a recurrent disease?
Is Sri a pain to the eyes, for you can see
what has become of this city
Just tell me:
Are you from Srinagar too?
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From my throne high up on
Parbat
every morning
Down below
I see him make his way to the temple,
the mosque, the shop, the job…
Every morning
I hurl down a pebble at his head
Every morning
my head hurts
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चित मे अश्वमेध यग्न संपन हुआ
कुछ देश बसे कुछ लोग उजडे
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At the edge of Bombay
my Nani
looks at Arabian sea
and concedes
it is as big as Wular Lake
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| Sea front at Apollo Bunder, Mumbai |
areas in Kashmir
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| Abandoned Pandit houses in a village on route to Pahalgam |
There are areas in Kashmir where Shias live.
There are areas in Kashmir where Sunnis live.
There are areas in Kashmir where Sikhs live.
There are areas in Kashmir where Armies live.
There are areas in Kashmir where Terrorists live.
There are areas in Kashmir where Sunnis live.
There are areas in Kashmir where Sikhs live.
There are areas in Kashmir where Armies live.
There are areas in Kashmir where Terrorists live.
Areas marked and divided like compost bin.
Some houses there are even for
Tibetan, Uzbek, Afghan and Iranian refugees.
Tibetan, Uzbek, Afghan and Iranian refugees.
They all have houses in Kashmir from which we often hear talk of war and peace.
Now, if you ask, “But, where do Pandits live in Kashmir?”
“I have heard three live about a mile from here, two a mile after that, seen them with my own eyes and the remaining – they all live in our heart.”
So lease me your big heart for a minute or two, I need to use the loo.
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| An abandoned Pandit house at a place near Dhar Bagh, Srinagar. |
Gar Zameen rov Firdaus’as,
tatha asto, tatha astho, tatha asto
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जी मे आता है अभी
ज़ेब-ए-रकम कलम उठाऊ
क़िस्सा तमाम करु
कश्मीर पर एटम बम
नागासाकी मे बहार
का ऐलान करू
ज़ेब-ए-रकम कलम उठाऊ
क़िस्सा तमाम करु
कश्मीर पर एटम बम
नागासाकी मे बहार
का ऐलान करू
पर क्या करू
ज़ेब पर एतबार नहीं
और आज एतवार भी तो नहीं
ज़ेब पर एतबार नहीं
और आज एतवार भी तो नहीं
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Sheen oos pyawaan thali thali
Na bozaan hyund ti musalman
Kangir hyeth oos
Shiv Shalfa Karaan
Parvati Wadaan:
‘Hyesa, Bozaan Chiv Sa,
Tchyn’e gey Tamaam,
Wyon kya karav?’
Shiv Asaan:
‘Wol Dima yath Kasheeri bey Naar’
Parvati Wadaan:
‘Hyesa, Bozaan Chiv Sa,
Tchyn’e gey Tamaam,
Wyon kya karav?’
Shiv Asaan:
‘Wol Dima yath Kasheeri bey Naar’
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