Kashmir Connection: A Personal Encounter with Shahid

Even the most trivial exchanges had a special charge and urgency due to Shahid's condition, which added poignance to their discussions about food and half-forgotten figures from the past.

They became more than acquaintances when Shahid moved to Brooklyn the next year, and they began to meet for occasional meals.

They met in Delhi, as both had been at Delhi University, although their time there had briefly overlapped and they had never met.

<p>They shared a love of rogan josh, Roshanara Begum, and Kishore Kumar, as well as a mutual indifference to cricket and an equal attachment to old Bombay films.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The author quoted a line from The Country Without a Post Office in an article that briefly touched on Kashmir, and a friend of Shahid's put them in touch.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It led to the author getting in touch with Shahid, who was from Srinagar and had studied in Delhi.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They had a huge roster of common friends and a shared love for rogan josh, Roshanara Begum, and Kishore Kumar.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They began to meet for occasional meals and discovered they had a great deal in common.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Shahid's knowledge of his impending death and his achievement as a poet.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Shahid's illness did not impede the progress of their friendship.</p> Signup and view all the answers