Harud

By Abhay Sarkaria

Autumn, locally known as "Harud", is one of the four seasons in Kashmir, which lasts for a very short period from late September to mid-November in the Kashmir Valley. This book depicts the charm, beauty and grace of autumn in Kashmir. The change of color of the leaves on the trees during the season has its own charm, especially on the Chinar trees. Autumn, locally known as "Harud", is one of the four seasons in Kashmir, which lasts for a very short period from late September to mid-November in the Kashmir Valley. This book depicts the charm, beauty and grace of autumn in Kashmir. The change of color of the leaves on the trees during the season has its own charm, especially on the Chinar trees.

This book has a perfect blend of fall and bloom, the poems are based on love, loss and death.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Abhay Sarkaria
• Release date: Aug 13, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223646167

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HARUD

Season of fire and farewell

Abhay Sarkaria

Copyrights

First Published in India.

Published by Abhay Sarkaria

Copyright © <Abhay Sarkaria> 2023

All Rights Reserved.

This book has been published with all reasonable efforts taken to make the material error-free after the consent of the author. No part of this book shall be used, reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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Dedicated to my beloved.

Table of Contents

Copyrights

Preface

Acknowledgements

A Wandering Firefly

Orthodoxy

Karmic Passengers

Summon of the Divine

After the War

Days of Dandelions

Autumn Clouds Summon

Metamorphosis

Plea to the Neighbors

At Sixty-Six

Piggish Eagles

The Aik

Under the Hemlock

Tittle-Tattle

Fire and Fortune

A Chakor in Early Morn

Under His Feet

Come to Me

The Noose Carrier

Beloved Or Amavasya

A Modern Democratic World

Sorrows are My Guest

Dandelion

The Hidden Grave

A Night in Dal Lake

A Home I never Visited

South Indian Girl

Death and Poverty

The Last Hour of War

The Late February

Lady of the Spring

For Justice

Seven Worlds

The Last Day

One Girl, One Grief, One Me

Greetings to the Summer

Lotus and the Frog

Future is Heartbreaking

A Lovely Old Prayer

Brothels

This Time too Shall Pass

Grow Old Soon

Beggar's Hut

To Light a Lantern

A Lady Leader

The Cursed Grief

A Sunrise of Brothers

Why am I Half?

A Poor King

Fear of a Wife

Patience

Dancing at Funerals

A Lovely Place to Visit

The Plough

Dead Sparrow

The Wish Fulfiller

I Shall Return

Master of the Wind

On My Way Home

My Companions

What If today is Unpleasant

Palace