Kasher Baeth

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Heartfelt Gratitude



I am in debt to all the incredibly talented poets of Kashmir who have given Kashmiris such a priceless gift of poetry. Words so rich and so beautiful that during my work on this book, I would often stop and let the intensity of their words sink into my soul.


The words would just be words if there weren’t people who brought them to life. So, a huge thank you to our melodious singers, who have done justice to their words throughout the years, whether sung in the old traditional ways 50 years ago on Radio Kashmir or in more modern fusion versions nowadays. For almost a year, I have played and replayed the songs and each and every time I was mesmerized and shaken to the core by the intensity of the emotions in your voices.


My heartfelt gratitude to all of you for immortalizing Kashmiri language and poetry for our future generations.

I have used poetry and songs (audio/video links) in this book from many sources and would like to acknowledge the poets and singers who directly or indirectly contributed towards making this book possible:


In alphabetical order:

Aadil Gurezi

Aamir Khan

Aabha Hanjura

Aarti Tickoo Kaul

Abdul Gaffar Kanihami

Abdul Rahim Sopori

Aeren Maal

Ahmed Dar

Altaf Noorpori

Anjaan Kashmiri

Anu Anaf

Asadullah Mir

Asif Maqbool

Bajan Sopori

Bashir Dada

Bashir Marazi

Bilal Matta

Chinki Minki (Real name not known)

Dinanath Nadim

Fazil Kashmiri

GM Bulbul

Ghulam Nabi Dolwaal (Jaanbaaz)

Gulzar Ganaie

Gulam Saify

Gwayun Website and it’s lyrics and audio contributors

Habba Khatoon

Harkrishan Singh Sanam

Inaam Khan

Irfan Nabi

Ishfaaq Kava

Jameela Khan

Kailash Mehra

Lael Daed

Manzoor Ahmed Shah

Mehmeet Syed

Mehmood Gami

Mirza Afzal Beigh

Mohammed Wazi

Moin Khan

Nazir Josh

Naem’e Saeb

Nasuema Akhtar

Naseem ul Haq

Nawaz Ahmed

Nargis Khatoon

Nargis Majid

Neerja Pandit

Nisar Bedgami

Nisar Hussain Dolwal

Noor Mohammed

Rasool Bab

Riaz Khan

Raj Begum

Raja Bilal

Rajender Kachroo

Rashid Jahangir

Rasul Mir

Rayees Ganie

Reshma (Birth name Abdul Rashid)

Saiam Bhat

Samad Jan

ShaBe

Shahi Mumtaz

Shamas Faqir

Shameema Dev Azad

Shazia Bashir

Shoaib Majid

Sheela Zargar

Sheerza Begum

Sheikh Tariq

S K Bhan

Tanveer Ali

Tanzleeb Ahmed

Umi M Feem

Yaqoob Beran

Vijay Malla

Yavar Abdal

Wahab Khaar

Waheed Jeelani

Waqar Khan

Zoon Begum



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