At last, at last—convinced partner sahab's father to gift me these from his collection. 😋

Obsessed with this 1962 poem by Dina Nath 'Nadim' from his poetry collection, 'Me Cham Aash Paghich'.

Badamwaer by Dina Nath Wali. Purportedly from 1970.

Front page of The Indian Express today.

Story link: indianexpress.com/article/indi...

While #bluesky is just another corporate platforms,we do have an opportunity to try collective moderation to keep a progressive South Asian dialogue free from #nationalist trolls and #casteist and #racist bigots. bsky.app/profile/did:...

This is to remind you of the existence of this album:

'Ghalib In Disco,' by Bahauddin Qutbuddin Qawwal.

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Samad Mir and Dina Nath Nadim kinda weekend.

Front page of Friday’s Irish News (Belfast) on the issuance of arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant.

For Edward Said, by Agha Shahid Ali. 1992.

Breaking: The ICC has officially issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant for crimes against humanity and war crimes.

It was a unanimous ruling.

Losing my mind over this contributor list from the 1973 edition of Sahitya Akademi's journal 'Indian Literature' (Jan to June edition)

Dina Nath Nadim, Prem Nath Bazaz, Ghulam Rasool Santosh, Hari Krishan Koul, A.K. Rahbar, Ali Mohd. Lone—and the list goes on!

All of them, in just one edition!

Prem Nath Bazaz, Struggle for Freedom in Kashmir, 1954

I dare to commit the blasphemy of tweaking Nadim saeb's line:

The Sun rose like a goblet of nun chai

(A slide from 'Nun Chai and the Goblet in a Dream', a little series on my Instagram) 🔽

Kashmiri translations of Tagore's Nobel-winning poetry collection, Gitanjali (1910).

Left: by Sarvanand Koul 'Premi' (1971)
Right: by Moti Lal 'Naz' (1979)

"Bozov subhas taam kus rozyi baki,
Halas chu rotul; halas chu prarun"

— Dina Nath Nadim

(From Halas Chu Rotul, 1985, by Hari Krishan Koul)