Qaiser Bashir, Author at INVERSE JOURNAL

Qaiser Bashir

Qaisar Bashir (born, 1988), a translator, author and poet, hails from Kashmir. He has a Master's Degree in English Literature from Kashmir University. "Once Upon A Time", a translation of a Kashmiri novel "Akh Dour" by Bandsi Nirdoush, is his debut achievement. His poems, reviews and articles have been published in various national and international journals like The Criterion, Langlit, Muse India, Counter Currents, Tuck Magazine, Setu Magazine and Atunis Poetry.

A Nightmare: A Poem by Qaiser Bashir

March 19, 2019 | Poetry

Qaiser Bashir brings us a poem reminiscent of the style of 18th century Romantic English poetry. The poem entitled “A Nightmare” encapsulates a basic fear that many Kashmiris grow up with in the most heavily militarized zone on the planet. The poem carries itself lightly with uncomplicated verses that at first transmit the serenity and safety of one’s home and then plummets into expressing that basic fear and paranoia that has never left Kashmiris since war and conflict broke out at the end of the 80s.