The Country Without a Post Office is a 1997 collection of poems written by the Kashmiri-American poet Agha Shahid Ali. The title poem, which has become a symbol for freedom, is one of the most famous about Kashmir
The poem was penned against the backdrop of an armed uprising in Kashmir that peaked in 1990. There had been a total breakdown of state machinery, resulting in the suspension of postal services in the region for seven months. Some post offices were converted into bunkers by the army
The poem was penned against the backdrop of an armed uprising in Kashmir that peaked in 1990. There had been a total breakdown of state machinery, resulting in the suspension of postal services in the region for seven months. Some post offices were converted into bunkers by the army