NEGOTIATING EVERYDAY VIA THE ACT OF READING RESISTANCE POETRY: A STUDY BASED ON THE ANALYSIS OF READERSHIP OF POETRY BY AGHA SHAHID ALI ON KASHMIR

Aatina N. Malik

NEGOTIATING EVERYDAY VIA THE ACT OF READING RESISTANCE POETRY: A STUDY BASED ON THE ANALYSIS OF READERSHIP OF POETRY BY AGHA SHAHID ALI ON KASHMIR

Aatina N. Malik

Abstract

Kashmir conflict dates back to the time of Indo-Pak Independence in 1947, but it was the uprising of 1989 when people of Kashmir themselves became active participants in resistance movement against the state rule. Due to twin effect of military and militancy, the lives of people revolved around loss, fear, and insecurity that made up their everyday and in turn, the modes of resistance by people acquired different forms ranging from street protests to stone pelting to online blogging. This paper seeks to locate how the act of 'reading poetry' based on Kashmir conflict by Agha Shahid Ali acts as a means of incorporating resistance in the everyday of people when overt resistance is unsafe and subject to surveillance by the authorities. The paper addresses the theme of ‘everyday’ in two ways, firstly, in terms of violence and insecurity that makes up the ‘everyday’ of people in Kashmir and secondly, how they negotiate ‘everyday’ via the act of reading resistance poetry.

Keywords

Everyday, Fear, Insecurity, Poetry, Resistance, Violence.

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