Check in every Friday for a new set of five! This week's collection includes a diverse set of prose and poetry, including anthologies edited by Onaiza Drabu and Jawahar Lal Raina.
Poetry by Lala Sahib Aragami
The Sufi Poet's work is being sung by Sufi singers, which can be found online.
Partavistan by Marghoob Banihali
This is a Sahitya Akademi Award winning collection of poetry written by Ghulam Mohammed Giri, popularly known by his pen name Marghoob Banihali, but he returned it in protest against rising violence in the state.
His work can be found in translation on rekhta.org.
Poetry by Lalla Dyad
Curated and translated as Lalla Dyad The Mystic Kashmiri Poetess by Shafi Shauq
Lal Ded, also known as Lalla Dyad (Dyad means grandmother), was the creator of the style of mystic poetry called vatsun, or 'speech'. Known as Lal Vakhs, her verses are the earliest compositions in the Kashmiri language.
The Legend of Himal and Nagrai (as retold) by Onaiza Drabu
"Drabu brings us a selection of some of the best folktales that people in Kashmir have been telling each other for centuries. The 29 stories featured are divided into groups: tales of mythical creatures, animal stories, people, and origins of proverbs. All these are rooted in the Valley, with the mountains and nature as the backdrop and culture as the context" (from newindianexpress.com).
Miscellaneous
Curated and translated as The Literature of Turmoil: A Selection of Kashmiri Short Stories and Poems by Jawahar Lal Raina
"Three decades have passed, yet the turmoil, does not seem to be over. [...] The creative artists have continued to give expression to all this, and in a very effective manner. This collection is a small sample, with no claims of representing all that has been written" (from the blurb).
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