A dialogue from the popular film ‘Dead Poets Society’ reminds us “Medicine, law, engineering… are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life, but poetry, beauty, romance, love… these are what we stay alive for…” Indeed, poetry and beauty is what we live for; poetry is what inspires generations to voice their aspirations. So here is something to cheer us up in corona times.
‘Verses from the Valley’ is our tribute to the revered poets from Kashmir and their celebrated poetry. Ishtihaar Calendar for 2022 is a small collection of select verses by mystics, sufi saints, social reformers and poets of this incredibly beautiful place, rightly called Firdaus or Paradise.


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