Separation’s Geography: Agha Shahid Ali’s Poem, By the Waters of the Sind
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Agha Shahid Ali (1949 - 2001) was born in Kashmir and educated in Delhi as well as the United States of America where he eventually settled and lived until his untimely death. As a poet, he is known for his novel style of poetry — he wrote ghazals in English, bringing not only the rhyme and rhythm of Urdu poetry, but also its drama to his compositions. Amitav Ghosh writes that he “knew of no one else who would even conceive of publishing a line like “Mad heart, be brave.”
Separation’s Geography: Agha Shahid Ali’s Poem, By the Waters of the Sind
Separation’s Geography: Agha Shahid Ali’s…
Separation’s Geography: Agha Shahid Ali’s Poem, By the Waters of the Sind
Agha Shahid Ali (1949 - 2001) was born in Kashmir and educated in Delhi as well as the United States of America where he eventually settled and lived until his untimely death. As a poet, he is known for his novel style of poetry — he wrote ghazals in English, bringing not only the rhyme and rhythm of Urdu poetry, but also its drama to his compositions. Amitav Ghosh writes that he “knew of no one else who would even conceive of publishing a line like “Mad heart, be brave.”