'Dear Girl From Pakistan...'

March 11, 2016 13:44

'Lyrical and intense, Delhi-based slam poet Shivani Gupta's poem, 'Dear Girl from Pakistan, is a tour de force. Starting with greetings, it dives right into one powerful verse after the other,' writes Luavut Zahid in dawn.com.

This is how the poem goes:

Dear girl from Pakistan,

I know it has taken me 69 long years

but I hope it is not too late for me to say,

Forget about what's in the news,

Tell me, how was your day?

'In the poem, she speaks to a nameless Pakistani girl, telling her that she's sorry for missed opportunities to interact and communicate. She tells the story of the buses that run empty between India and Pakistan; to the movies and songs that must run through both her heart and that of the 'girl from Pakistan',' says Luavut Zahid.

You can both see the video as well read more about it, here.

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