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Book Review: “The Wail Of The Woods” by Zakir Malik

"The Wail of the Woods" by Zakir Malik is a collection of poems, encompassing around hundred poems that highly bridge the grounds of hope,...

‘Fractious Mind’ depicts plight of subjugation & defiance

'Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash,' by Leonard Cohen was the most...

The Night of Broken Glass – Plight of ‘Paradise’ lost in tyranny, bondage & conflict!

Reading about conflict, horror and terror from a distant land is one thing, and the angst of growing up in a conflict zone and...

Riding The Tide by Ashok Bhargava is no less than a powerful anti-dote!

“A sudden discovery. Cancerous lymphatic nodes. All thing change Darkness descends. The universe turns upside down.”Thus writes the poet, Ashok Bhargava, in one of...

Aabha Vatsa Midha’s “Desire” – When poetry mollifies the pain!

Duality is in the genes of human beings; we have the potential of good and harmful acts. On one hand, we can be loving,...

Varsha Singh’s “Parbati – The Traitor” characterizes pain, agony of womanhood

The canvas of poetry relates to whatever gives immediate pleasure or pain to the human mind, writes William Hazlitt. This pain or pleasure can...

Beyond The Horizon – A young girl’s fall & re-emergence as a victor!

At the time, when the foundations of Western philosophies were being laid down in the ancient Greece, Plato made it clear that in his...

Kiran Kiran Rooshni depicts grief-torn image of people in a conflict zone

There is a poet behind almost every closed door, and every noble and sensitive heart is capable of creating the versification of its own...

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Aga Ruhullah announces exit from NC, resignation as Srinagar MP

Aga Ruhullah Mehdi announced his decision to quit the National Conference and resign as Srinagar MP, citing the party's failure to honour election promises.

NC govt lacks political will to free youth facing incarceration, says Waheed Para

Waheed Para said that the current NC-led government has the power to drop cases against young people who are imprisoned, but they lack the political will to do so.