D P Satish

January , 2009

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Random notes on Kashmir


1IBNLive Google Buzz

"Kashmir shrinks into my mailbox, my home a neat four by six inches. I always loved neatness. Now I hold the half-inch Himalayas in my hand. This is home. And this the closest I'll ever be to home. When I return, the colors won't be so brilliant, the Jhelum's waters so clean, so ultramarine. My love so overexposed. And my memory will be a little out of focus, it in a giant negative, black and white, still undeveloped". Lines from Post card from Kashmir by Kashmir's greatest modern poet in English, Agha Shahid Ali (1949 - 2001). These days not many people go to 400 years old Pari Mahal built on a snow-capped mountain overlooking the majestic Dal Lake. Like most monuments, Pari Mahal is also in ruins. Some pervert tourists have inscribed their names on the century old stonewalls, defacing the....


IBN7IBN7
IBN7IBN7

More about D P Satish

D P Satish has been a journalist for the past 11 years. Born at picturesque Jog Falls in Shimoga district of Karnataka, Satish did his graduation in English Literature. He is a post-graduate in Journalism from the prestigious Asian College of Journalism, Bangalore (now in Chennai). After a brief stint with the Indian Express Group, he shifted to TV. He also worked for an American news magazine called ' Image '. He has widely travelled and covered some of the biggest events from South of Vindhyas in the first decade of the 21st century. He is passionate about English literature, classical music, cinema, history, photography, jazz and Cricket. A self-proclaimed centrist, Satish keenly follows major political developments from across the World. He blogs regularly and spends hours searching for readable material from the Internet! He belives that journalism is a calling and a person meant to be a journalist, can't escape from it. A hillman at heart and by birth, Satish lives and works in New Delhi. But, loves Bangalore more than Delhi!
IBN7IBN7

IBN7IBN7

Recent Posts

Archives

IBNLiveIBNLive