Natalia Rifai, “Floating Carpet,” Srinagar, Kashmir, 1990
on Agha Shahid Ali’s 70th birth anniversary
February 4, 2019
I
In the post office, moored to the ghat,
Secret gr…
Agha Shahid Ali
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