{"id":5033,"date":"2016-09-27T17:28:13","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T11:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kashmir.today\/?p=5033"},"modified":"2016-09-27T17:28:13","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T11:58:13","slug":"two-lines-make-first-longest-poem-kashmir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=5033","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Two Lines\u2019 that Make it First Longest Poem from Kashmir"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saima Bhat<\/strong><\/p>\n

Srinagar:<\/strong> Using their IT skills and love for literature, two Kashmiri software developers working with a multinational company are about to publish first longest poem from Kashmir. The poem is their way of \u2018protest\u2019 against the Kashmir killings.<\/p>\n

Abdul Wajid and Obaid Darwaish did number of brainstorming sessions before thought of collecting a couplet\u2014two lines\u2014from any Kashmir loving person including writers, columnists, journalists, activists and others. The duo wants to publish the verses in the form of a book.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is going to be our tribute to the cause,\u201d Wajid says.<\/p>\n

They came with an idea when the duo sitting in their overseas offices were getting \u201cdisturbed\u201d with the situation back home.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery day we are seeing deaths and hundreds of youth getting injured,\u201d Wajid says. \u201cIt is very disturbing for any Kashmiri working, living outside. We were not able to sleep for three days at least. I can understand the helplessness, desperation among people. I have witnessed it in 2010. Besides, only we Kashmiris can feel each others\u2019 pain.\u201d<\/p>\n

In their restive phase, they wanted to contribute in any constructive way\u2014but, not in a conventional way. It was then an idea of longest poem stuck them.<\/p>\n

The longest poem, Wajid says, will be first of its kind from Kashmir. \u201cInitially we thought we\u2019ll close down submissions once we reach 10,000 lines, but due to internet blockade in Kashmir, we feared ending up at 1,000 lines only.\u201d<\/p>\n

To begin with, the IT duo invited around 14 prominent authors who are linked to Kashmir. They used personal contacts. But to their disappointment, only a few responded. It was then, they made it public with some guidelines.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe could have kept it open but we wanted a poem in proper structure, in rhythmic form,\u201d says Wajid, who has so far published 632\u00a0lines from more than 255 authors on their website http:\/\/www.last2lines.com<\/a>\/.<\/p>\n

Once published, Wajid says, the concept can be useful for signature campaigns for various social issues. \u201cAt the end of the day we will get a number of people. It is like a beautiful painting brushed by various artists.\u201d<\/p>\n

But recently, the website was down for one day.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe couldn\u2019t trace the glitch,\u201d says Wajid, \u201cbut I believe it was from authorities.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saima Bhat Srinagar: Using their IT skills and love for literature, two Kashmiri software developers working with a multinational company are about to publish first longest poem from Kashmir. The poem is their way of \u2018protest\u2019 against the Kashmir killings. Abdul Wajid and Obaid Darwaish did number of brainstorming sessions before thought of collecting a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5034,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}