A LONELY HOUSE IN KARAN NAGAR SRINAGAR

                                                                 
                                                                       

A LONELY  OUSE  IN  KARAN  NAGAR SRINAGAR
Photo Autar Mota

(This house is exactly on left side of the road if you go from Karan nagar towards neelam Cinema . Just near Shivala crossing )

I am adding a poem “Yaad Karta hai Bacha ” by Agnishekhar . The poem is included in the book “ SWAR EKADASH ” published from Jaipur .Here goes English rendering of the poem .

( A child Remembers )

What happened in that violent wind

With our family ?

Under fright , Entire village turned silent ,

The river too ran away

Leaving the Chinar trees to Nobody’s care .

Outside , crows in thousands joined to create

Aggressive noise all over .

And we stayed put in our roofless nests ,

Like the last bunch of grapes

Hanging in bewilderment from the vine .

Mother wept bitterly ,

Grand mother wept ,

The young chhitkoo wept ,

The Aunt too wept .

And With your hands folded before them

You requested everyone to keep calm.

The lights were turned off

To serve silence in the room.

In the lane outside ,

The crackers burst in chain

Creating fierce noise .

Papa ! yesterday when Kashmir was being telecast on Doordarshan ,

Snow clad mountains ,

Lakes ,

Waterfalls ,

Green valleys ,

I felt as if we are fallen dry leaves ,

Broomed away from the Garden

To these camps .

Papa! Shall the wind carry us away from this place as well ?

( Autar Mota 09.10.2013)

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