Amin Kamils Kashmiri books

mas malar (1955) is Amin Kamil's first collection of poems, replete with themes cherished by the socialist progressive movement. Kamil had just begun his career in Kashmiri. Young and enthusiastic, he was like many of his contemporaries attracted by the movement's promise of much needed social change in that era. But soon, like most writers of his generation throughout India, he distanced himself from the socialist agenda in writing and relied on his own creative gifts. Within no time, Kamil became a beacon of modern thought and sensibility in Kashmiri.

In this collection, Kamil, having switched from Urdu, begins to have a taste of Kashmiri verse, explores new rhythms and consciously experiments with new forms and meters. There is an attempt, according to Prof. Shafi Shauq, to bring Kashmiri poetic expression on par with the standard Urdu poetry of that period. The collection of poems represents themes such as hope, promise, rise of common man. The book shows thematic and stylistic influences of Urdu including Iqbal. Some of the popular pieces in this volume are sadaa yi loy zamaanan sikandari mokley (ghazal); waqtuk na kanh ti hoshaa paknuk na kanh ishaaraa (ghazal); aalav tshe divan zindagi sochaan tshe khabar kyaa (ghazal); yarbaluk sahar (nazam); zoon ta golaala (nazam); saazandar (nazam); rot mokal (sonnet). Pieces like these have their intrinsic value and reverberate in essence even in contemporary Kashmiri poetry.