As peace continues to drive diplomatic discourses and backchannel talks, the discord-dented commoners of Kashmir still wonder about the elusive calm in their homeland. I pictured Manzoor Ahmad as a frown figure inside his rundown shop in Downtown Srinagar. The 65-year-old tailor was working on someoneโs pheran. He enjoys working when the bright sunlight illuminates…
words said by a maddened loverwho couldn’t deal with all thesadness that comes alongwith loving me your arms are sad, she says, your legs are sad, yours hips are sad. your eyes, of course.the dirt in your elbows โ yourbelly-button reeks of sadness;your sighs are full of despair.you’re made of melancholy โ a million glum things collectedto form…