KASHMIRI LAL ZAKIR: A POET NEAR TO THE HEART OF HIS LAND AND CULTURE – A STUDY

Urdu poetry bears the stamp of versatility when it comes to its subjectivity. Urdu poetry is read and enjoyed in vivid formats like ‘Shayari’, ‘Ghazals’ etc., the nature outside, and the nature inside that is human nature both are reflected in broad manner in Urdu poetry penned by different authors across the time and space. Poetry is the criticism of life; it renews the old patterns of experiences and unfurls the new vistas of hopes and reliable parameters of existence. The sense of nostalgia occupies a commendable space in Urdu poetry as it respects the law of change, at the same time it keeps the change under the lenses of acceptability and dependability. Indian subcontinent as it is termed ‘Bharatavarsha’ has seen tremendous changes which no other civilization across the globe ever experienced. Urdu literature witnessed those tumultuous changes which shaped and reshaped the civilizational process during the invasion times. Urdu poetry mirrors honestly the pain and stigma of rather rapid shifts of cultural bearings. Kashmiri Lal Zakir is the poet of honesty and humble expression. My paper would delve into the poetry of Kashmiri Lal to bring out both subjective and objective representations which are the reflections of its contemporary times.