{"product_id":"9781482874464","title":"The Rhapsody of Kashmir","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn The Rhapsody of Kashmir, his fifth collection of poetry, Kashmiri-American poet, Maharaj Kaul, describes Kashmir, the land of his ancestors, after the civil war of 1989. He saw the wanton destruction of human beings and homes, milieu and culture. He laments: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe clandestine evil schemes of 80’s \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHatched in our neighbor country \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoalesced into one infernal insane fire in ’89, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDestroying the finely woven culture of a millennia in the valley, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDisturbing the tranquility of a million years among the mountains. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA friend turned into a murderer, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA neighbor into an arsonist; \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA community acquiesced to become an army. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn angelic valley became a death valley – \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAll in the name of God and religion. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(From the poem “Roots.”) \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn his preface to the book he writes: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The ongoing political crises in Kashmir, born in 1947, has mutilated the soul of Kashmir. The political heroes of the crises have no idea of the damage they have done to it. It will take a long time before the soul of Kashmir is healed,….” \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut Maharaj Kaul has a hope that one day Kashmir will be reborn: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“But the idea of Kashmir is still not dead, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere is hope, in fact, a dream, that one day it will be reborn \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd reconnect with its past glory. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThen we will not mourn the lost time, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut celebrate man’s infinite resilience, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo forget, to forgive, to recreate, and move on.” \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(From the poem “The Shattered Dream of Kashmir”)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Partridge Publishing India","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47142110789872,"sku":"9781482874464","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781482874464_p0.jpg?v=1763626004","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781482874464","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}