Our Moon Has Blood Clots: A Memoir of a Lost Home in Kashmir

by Rahul Pandita

Sabse khatarnaaq hota hai/murda shaanti se bhar jaana Na hona tadap ka/ sab kucch sehan kar jaana Ghar se nikalna kaam par/ aur kaam se lautkar ghar aana Sabse khatarnaaq hota hai/ humare sapnon ka mar jaana

When I saw Nehru for the first time in Lal Chowk, I was a refugee in my own state. Sixty years later, I am a refugee in my own country.