Writing in Red- Kashmir Women Poets Take Lead in Narrating the Collective Struggle
Zainab Kehwa
Poetry has not only documented stories of Kashmiris, but it has also narrated the soul of modern Kashmir’s chronicle of resistance. Today, amid the new era of resistance and bleak scenarios, Kashmir’s youth has once again found solace and resistance in poetry. And just like every resistance movement history has recorded, women in Kashmir have also taken the lead role in narrating the collective struggle.
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When the dead in Kashmir turn to mere statistics, Kashmiri poets turn to their paper, write in red; the cries, the lamentations, and the wails. It is through their verses that Kashmir finds articulation of the collective pain and suffering. They write of happy times with a touch of ache and p...