Category: Delhi

​दुनिया है कि गोशा-ए-जहन्नम
हर वक़्त अज़ाब-ए-इलाही तौबा
​  – ​शमीम जयपुरी

Even when there are no strings
you are still a Puppet
frail, exposed, vulnerable 
paper glued to a bamboo stick
hanging on the wall
your life a game
soulless, voiceless
your limbs at mercy – creek
your raised arm 
a tame shallow protest 
your knees bent limp 
in listless surrender
to the ruthless regime.

We, the Puppets of  the land
Resolve, to hang by the wall.

– RA, 12 May 2022

So proud to have two pictures by Sanna Irshad Mattoo on Ishtihaar Calendar 2022 (A Long Winter in Paradise). A big Thank You and Congratulations to Sana on winning the coveted Pulitzer together with three other Reuter photographers. This is just the beginning, may you continue to win many more awards and accolades and continue your work for Kashmir.

Kami Rita scales Everest (8849m) for the 26th time. Humne to Anand Parbat bhi 26 baar nahi chadha (I haven’t been atop Anand Parbat 26 times). Congratulations @KamiRitaSherpa.