mas malar (1955) is Amin Kamil's first collection of poems, full of themes cherished by the socialistt progressive movement that was rampant in India a decade before and after the Independence. 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 whose glimpses can be seen even in this primary collection. Within no time, Kamil became a beacon of modernism in Kashmiri.

In this collection, Kamil, having switched from Urdu, begins to have a taste of Kashmiri verse, so to speak, and explores new rhythms and consciously experiments with some forms and meters. There is an attempt to bring Kashmiri poetic expression on par with the standard Urdu poetry of that period. The collection of poems is full of progressive themes such as hope, promise, rise of common man and thematic and stylistic influence of the Urdu poet Mohammad 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; zoon ta golaala; saazandar; rot mokal. Pieces like these have their intrinsic value and reverberate in essence even in the contemporary Kashmiri poetry.

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