Conversations on Of Gardens And Graves by Suvir Kaul
Three Essays Collective invites you for a BOOK DISCUSSION on Of Gardens And Graves: Essays On Kashmir, Poems In Translation by Suvir Kaul, with photographs by Javed Dar.
August 1, 2015 / Saturday / Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Center / 7 pm
The book examines the textures of everyday life in Kashmir after 1990, the years of pervasive militarization of the valley. It combines personal essays with enquiries into the pre- and post-Partition histories and political actions that underlie the present conflict.
Panelists: Ayesha Kidwai, Professor, School of Languages, JNU; Gowhar Fazili, Researcher, Dept of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics; Suvir Kaul, Professor, University of Pennsylvania & Javed Dar photojournalist. Moderator: Asad Zaidi, Publisher, Three Essays Collective.
Hope you will be there for the conversation.
Yours,
Tarun Bhartiya
Three Essays Collective
------------------------ ABOUT THE BOOK ---------------------------------
from some reviews:
Manash Bhattacharjee for The Rumpus:
"It won't be an exaggeration to persuade readers to buy and read this book just by the strength of the poetry alone. Javed Dar's photographs and Suvir's essays will surely open up different horizons of engagement regarding what's gone terribly wrong in Kashmir. Our future is intertwined with the future of this martyred place."
http://therumpus.net/2015/07/of-gardens-and-graves-by-suvir-kaul/
Gower Fazili in Biblio May-June 2015
The volume is perhaps the first scholarly attempt to present poetry as an archive of political feeling in Kashmir…
While the poems provide an insight into the nuanced affective contours of the present in Kashmir, the hard journalistic photographs by Javed Dar, bring the immediacy of militarisation that sustains Indian presence in Kashmir and its destructive impact on everyday life.
About the Book:
Of Gardens and Graves examines the textures of everyday life in Kashmir after 1990, the years of pervasive militarization of the valley. It combines personal essays with enquiries into the pre- and post-Partition histories and political actions that underlie the present conflict.
The volume also features translations of poems written in Kashmiri in these last twenty-five years of conflict. The author argues that such creative writing is a powerful archive for our understanding of the experiences, and thus the political feelings, of Kashmiris. These poems enact for us fissures in Kashmiri lives and emphasize the effects of long-term violence and dislocation on individuals and communities.
Of Gardens and Graves also contains a photo-essay by the Srinagar-based journalist Javed Dar, whose photographs offer a visual counterpoint to the poems in the volume. Dar's remarkable pictures juxtapose spectacular events and daily life, showing just how intertwined they are in Kashmir.
Poets featured : Arjan Dev 'Majboor,' Ghulam Hassan 'Taskeen', Brij Nath 'Betaab', Ghulam Nabi Tak 'Naazir', Shabir 'Azar', 'Shahzadah' Rafiq, Bashir 'Dada', Naji Munawar, Rukhsana Jabeen, Arshad Mushtaq, Ayesha 'Mastoor', Maqbool 'Sajid', Moti Lal 'Saqi', Mohiuddin 'Massarat', Mir Ghulam Nabi 'Shaheen', Jawahir Lal 'Saroor', Pyare 'Hatash', Ghulam Nabi 'Khayal', 'Shahzada' Rafiq, Rashid 'Kanispuri', Jawahir Lal 'Saroor', Fayaz Tilgami, Bashir 'Zair', Ghulam Hassan 'Ghamgeen', Kashi Nath 'Baghwan', Zahid Mukhtar, Som Nath Bhat 'Veer'
256 pages (xiv, 244, include photographs)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Paperback. demy octavo 8.5 x 5.5 in.,
ISBN 978-93-83968-03-9
Rs500 (India) $25 (elsewhere)
To buy directly from Three Essays:
www.threeessays.com/books/of-gardens-and-graves/
Available at major bookstores and with our main distributors: IPD Alternatives 35A/1 Shahpur Jatt, New Delhi 110049 Tel. 011-26491448/26492040 e-mailipd.alternatives@gmail.com
Manash Bhattacharjee for The Rumpus:
"It won't be an exaggeration to persuade readers to buy and read this book just by the strength of the poetry alone. Javed Dar's photographs and Suvir's essays will surely open up different horizons of engagement regarding what's gone terribly wrong in Kashmir. Our future is intertwined with the future of this martyred place."
http://therumpus.net/2015/07/of-gardens-and-graves-by-suvir-kaul/
Gower Fazili in Biblio May-June 2015
The volume is perhaps the first scholarly attempt to present poetry as an archive of political feeling in Kashmir…
While the poems provide an insight into the nuanced affective contours of the present in Kashmir, the hard journalistic photographs by Javed Dar, bring the immediacy of militarisation that sustains Indian presence in Kashmir and its destructive impact on everyday life.
About the Book:
Of Gardens and Graves examines the textures of everyday life in Kashmir after 1990, the years of pervasive militarization of the valley. It combines personal essays with enquiries into the pre- and post-Partition histories and political actions that underlie the present conflict.
The volume also features translations of poems written in Kashmiri in these last twenty-five years of conflict. The author argues that such creative writing is a powerful archive for our understanding of the experiences, and thus the political feelings, of Kashmiris. These poems enact for us fissures in Kashmiri lives and emphasize the effects of long-term violence and dislocation on individuals and communities.
Of Gardens and Graves also contains a photo-essay by the Srinagar-based journalist Javed Dar, whose photographs offer a visual counterpoint to the poems in the volume. Dar's remarkable pictures juxtapose spectacular events and daily life, showing just how intertwined they are in Kashmir.
Poets featured : Arjan Dev 'Majboor,' Ghulam Hassan 'Taskeen', Brij Nath 'Betaab', Ghulam Nabi Tak 'Naazir', Shabir 'Azar', 'Shahzadah' Rafiq, Bashir 'Dada', Naji Munawar, Rukhsana Jabeen, Arshad Mushtaq, Ayesha 'Mastoor', Maqbool 'Sajid', Moti Lal 'Saqi', Mohiuddin 'Massarat', Mir Ghulam Nabi 'Shaheen', Jawahir Lal 'Saroor', Pyare 'Hatash', Ghulam Nabi 'Khayal', 'Shahzada' Rafiq, Rashid 'Kanispuri', Jawahir Lal 'Saroor', Fayaz Tilgami, Bashir 'Zair', Ghulam Hassan 'Ghamgeen', Kashi Nath 'Baghwan', Zahid Mukhtar, Som Nath Bhat 'Veer'
256 pages (xiv, 244, include photographs)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Paperback. demy octavo 8.5 x 5.5 in.,
ISBN 978-93-83968-03-9
Rs500 (India) $25 (elsewhere)
To buy directly from Three Essays:
www.threeessays.com/books/of-gardens-and-graves/
Available at major bookstores and with our main distributors: IPD Alternatives 35A/1 Shahpur Jatt, New Delhi 110049 Tel. 011-26491448/26492040 e-mailipd.alternatives@gmail.com
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