Agnishekhar | |
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Born | Kuldeep Sumbly 3 May 1956 |
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Years active | 1990–present |
Movement | Panun Kashmir |
Spouse | Kshama Kaul |
Writing career | |
Pen name | Agnishekhar |
Occupation | Author and Poet |
Language | |
Subject | Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus |
Notable works |
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Kuldeep Sumbly (born 3 May 1956), better known by his pen name Agnishekhar, [1] is a Kashmiri Pandit writer and political activist. He is the founder of Panun Kashmir ("Our Kashmir") organization, a group that advocates for the cultural rights of Pandits and a homeland. [2] [3] As a poet, he has contributed to the development of a Hindi poetry of exile from a distinctly Kashmiri perspective. [4] He views pre-Islamic culture as a source for contemporary Pandit identity. [5]
Agnishekhar is the author of Kisi Bhi Samay (At Any Moment), a collection of poetry published in 1992. The book is organized into two sections: the 49 poems of "Kram" ("Sequence"), and the ten poems of "Visthapit Kashmir" ("Displaced Kashmir") which differ from "Kram" in being labeled by place of composition (always Jammu) and a date ranging from mid-1990 to early 1991. [6] The poem "Mahavipada" ("Great Trouble"), from the "Displaced Kashmir" section, criticizes the camps into which displaced Pandits were settled. [7]
Agnishekhar also contributed to the screenplay for the " Bollywood-style" movie Sheen, which uses Pandit displacement as the context of a love story. [8]
Athrot is an organization of displaced artists and writers organized its first ever Kashmiri Poetry day on 27 August 2018 and Agnishekar presided over the poetic session. [9]
Mohammed Ayub Betab's poems in original Kashmiri are translated to Hindi by Agni Shekhar. [10]
Agnishekhar | |
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Born | Kuldeep Sumbly 3 May 1956 |
Occupations |
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Years active | 1990–present |
Movement | Panun Kashmir |
Spouse | Kshama Kaul |
Writing career | |
Pen name | Agnishekhar |
Occupation | Author and Poet |
Language | |
Subject | Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus |
Notable works |
|
Kuldeep Sumbly (born 3 May 1956), better known by his pen name Agnishekhar, [1] is a Kashmiri Pandit writer and political activist. He is the founder of Panun Kashmir ("Our Kashmir") organization, a group that advocates for the cultural rights of Pandits and a homeland. [2] [3] As a poet, he has contributed to the development of a Hindi poetry of exile from a distinctly Kashmiri perspective. [4] He views pre-Islamic culture as a source for contemporary Pandit identity. [5]
Agnishekhar is the author of Kisi Bhi Samay (At Any Moment), a collection of poetry published in 1992. The book is organized into two sections: the 49 poems of "Kram" ("Sequence"), and the ten poems of "Visthapit Kashmir" ("Displaced Kashmir") which differ from "Kram" in being labeled by place of composition (always Jammu) and a date ranging from mid-1990 to early 1991. [6] The poem "Mahavipada" ("Great Trouble"), from the "Displaced Kashmir" section, criticizes the camps into which displaced Pandits were settled. [7]
Agnishekhar also contributed to the screenplay for the " Bollywood-style" movie Sheen, which uses Pandit displacement as the context of a love story. [8]
Athrot is an organization of displaced artists and writers organized its first ever Kashmiri Poetry day on 27 August 2018 and Agnishekar presided over the poetic session. [9]
Mohammed Ayub Betab's poems in original Kashmiri are translated to Hindi by Agni Shekhar. [10]