{"id":274313,"date":"2020-08-07T09:56:59","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T04:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=274313"},"modified":"2020-08-07T09:58:58","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T04:58:58","slug":"kashmir-poet-zikr-e-jaana-narrates-the-plight-of-kashmir-in-the-holy-sin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/kashmir-poet-zikr-e-jaana-narrates-the-plight-of-kashmir-in-the-holy-sin\/","title":{"rendered":"Kashmir Poet Zikr-e-Jaana Narrates the Plight of Kashmir in ‘The Holy Sin’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Art has always been a form of expression and we’re no stranger to the ‘tortured artist’. Now yet another tortured artist writing under the pseudonym Zikr-e-Jaana tells the tale of his suffering through his poems.<\/p>\n

A Kashmir poet, writing under pseudonym Zikr-e-Jaana, started his lockdown series after the abrogation of Article 370 last year.<\/p>\n

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The series \u2018The Holy Sin<\/em>\u2019 narrates the suffering of the Kashmiri people since the disputed region was stripped of its autonomy last year. The Valley has been under complete lockdown, accompanied by a communications blackout ever since.<\/p>\n

A year after not hearing a word from the Valley, we finally get a glimpse of ‘The Holy Sin<\/em>‘. The Gulf News<\/a> posted pictures of fractions of Zikr-e-Jaana’s work.<\/p>\n

The series includes a few poems all reflecting a range of emotions. His poem ‘Map of Exile<\/em>‘\u00a0Zikr-e-Jaana takes about knowing his identity regardless of whether a map acknowledges it or not.<\/p>\n

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Kashmiri poet ‘Zikr-e-Jaana’ narrates the plight of Kashmir in his series ‘The Holy Sin’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The series keep getting grimmer as we move on another poem ‘Nasheman<\/em>‘. It talks about the displaced ‘refugees of war’ and abandoned homes.<\/p>\n

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‘Nasheman’ is a poem in the series ‘The Holy Sin’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘Unsaid<\/em>‘ seems to journal the account of censorship as Kashmir remains in lockdown. The poet talks about all that is left unsaid.<\/p>\n

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‘Unsaid’ reminds us of the ongoing complete communications blackout in Indian Occupied Kashmir.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Some of the poems are so hard-hitting they will tear you up. Like ‘War Ask a Questions to The Unburied Fathers<\/em>‘ is a heavier dose of reality than most can handle.<\/p>\n

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‘The Holy Sin’ is not for the faint of heart, as the series journals the horrors faced by the Kashmiri people<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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‘The Holy Sin<\/em>‘ progresses in a way that it documents the horrors and sentiments of as the plight of the Kashmiri people continues in Occupied Kashmir. ‘The Lunar Calender<\/em>‘ talks about how Eid went by in lockdown.<\/p>\n

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All images were sourced from the Gulf News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the end, the melancholy continues as Zikr-e-Jaana holds on to hope while peering at a tear-streaked future.<\/p>\n

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“Royaa’ is a reminder that ‘The Holy Sin’ will continue as there is still no resolution for Kashmir<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Art has always been a form of expression and we’re no stranger to the ‘tortured artist’. Now yet another tortured artist writing under the pseudonym Zikr-e-Jaana tells the tale of his suffering through his poems. A Kashmir poet, writing under pseudonym Zikr-e-Jaana, started his lockdown series after the abrogation of Article 370 last year. ALSO READ Kashmiri YouTubers Struggle as […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":274346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1298,2199],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-274313","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-culture","8":"category-featured"},"wps_subtitle":"Kashmir bleeds.","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Zikr-e-Jaana-Kashmir-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Zikr-e-Jaana-Kashmir-758x424.jpg",758,424,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Zikr-e-Jaana-Kashmir.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Ummara Sheraz","categories_name":["Culture","Featured"],"title_text":"Kashmir Poet Zikr-e-Jaana Narrates the Plight of Kashmir in \u2018The Holy Sin\u2019","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=1298,2199&exclude=274313","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274313"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=274313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}