Kashmiriyat takes on the most convincing meaning. Instead of an idea, acts of care are offered along with actions such as feeding someone, opening a door, composing a family, and sharing a table.
An unusual, unconventional book... It is slow-paced and dreamlike on the surface, but beneath that stillness, there is a constant sense of unease.
Adventures set in places of wilderness and inspired by real events are the nuts and bolts that signalize children’s author Jess Butterworth.
The poems shift from the familiar and recognisable to the unfamiliar and uncongenial in just a few words, and just as easily back again. It is Gangopadhyay’s metier.
Ahmad’s greatest strength lies in his restraint. He writes with remarkable economy, allowing silences to carry as much weight as dialogue.