Chapter 1 : Kashmir

Summary: Kashmir, the once paradise on earth is witnessing one of the darkest years in the history of its suffering. As the sun sets and we collect what remains of the day, some more names are added to the list of people who died and thousand others who have suffered.


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The Poem: Kashmir



Just know that your silence helped kill us, humanity did not see the brutal ways they tried to destroy our resolve.

Oh Kashmir but still you prevail, for we shall certainly be free :When last did I cry.

( Beenish Khan )


They looked and saw wide territory spread; cities with humble and welcoming men.

With cruel intentions the shock troops arrived; attacked and crushed the desires of every heart to live free. When last did I cry?

( DAQ Owaisi )


Tears are often what I feed my heart, at last to keep it alive.

They will blind me to starve me, Is that why they ask me,"When last did I cry?"

( Firasat )


My eyes stifle to see,

as I am scared of where my dreams carry me:when last did I cry.

( Taif )


Blossoms are witnessing autumn, birds forget to sing.

You wonder why my lyrics, don't make you happy? When last did I cry?

( Soudah Sultana El Zamaa )


Echoes from the mountains,the agony is insurmountable.I wonder if I am next and a crash resonating within my soul.

How gaily the red street seems for these rocks to dance upon, announcing there lives no heart,they no longer lively:when last did I cr

( Sugra Shaheen )


Our dead, like the moments, seperating us from dawn.

In this immemorial fight for Azaadi, when last did I cry.

( Rouf Dar )


They make me blind, now they want me back.

I pray to God, guide us with light, our path so blurry: When last did I cry.

( Juanid Alam )


Give me the freedom to love, Give me the freedom to choose.

In the battle of love and fear: fear has no victory: when last did I cry.

( Shakir Hussain Bhat )


Another day another life, death takes its toll. At homes

we sit, we pray: restless for the one we wish to see:when last did I cry.

( Waqar Qamri )






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