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My grief was expressed in the poetry circle as I sang an old Sindhi prayer that I first heard as a child from my grandmother. My maasi’s daughter and her son, and their spouses, took care of the last rites. Due to COVID restrictions, the hospitals were no longer accepting cadavers. The strong independent woman she was, she had made plans for her mortal remains to be donated to the local hospital for the cause of science. As an only child, it was especially hard to not be near her as she bid farewell to this life. In July 2020, I suffered a personal tragedy, as my mother passed away in India. Thanks to the patient listening and open minds, we have grown closer and our personal experiences are also shared through the poems we read. We have read poems to process the major public tragedies in these unusual times, be it the pandemic, the murder of George Floyd and protests in its aftermath, California’s largest wildfires with darkness at noon over San Francisco and ash raining down from the skies, India’s major floods and the largest migration of daily workers who walked from all major Indian cities to their villages, the very divisive presidential election with the prolonged wait for the results, to the history-making Biden-Harris team winning the White House from Trump, and beyond. We read poems in different languages, with impromptu translations, to find shelter in poems. It has proven to be a sanctuary for us regulars. The Kartarpur Corridor, which allows Indian nationals to make visa-free visits to the gurdwara built at the site in Pakistan where Guru Nanak spent the final years of his life, was recently reopened.Poetry As Sanctuary – A column where we explore poetry as a means of expression for voices of the South Asian Diaspora.įor five years now, I have hosted monthly poetry readings in my living room, which, starting in March 2020, with the onset of the pandemic, transitioned to weekly online meetings by popular request. Sikh and Hindu pilgrims from India visit Pakistan under the bilateral Protocol on Visits to Religious Shrines of 1974 to participate in religious festivals and events every year. The Pakistan high commission also issued visas to a group of 47 Indian pilgrims in 2020 to visit Katas Raj temple in Chakwal district of Punjab during December 23-20. The temple is more than three centuries old and is visited by devotees from around the world. Shadani Darbar in Sukkur was founded in 1786 by Sant Shadaram Sahib, who was born in Lahore in 1708. Last year, the high commission said 44 Indian pilgrims visited Pakistan to participate in celebrations marking the 312th birth anniversary of Shadaram Sahib from December 15 to December 21.Īlso read | ‘Pleasing that Kartapur corridor has reopened’: PM Modi in address to the nation “They are visiting Pakistan to participate in the 313th birth anniversary celebrations of Shiv Avtari Satguru Sant Shadaram Sahib at Shadani Darbar Hayat Pitafi in Sindh from December 4-15,”
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“Today, Pakistan High Commission in Delhi issued 136 visas to Indian Hindu pilgrims,” an official of the Pakistan high commission was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. Pakistan has issued visas to more than 130 Indians to visit the country for the birth anniversary celebrations of Hindu saint Shiv Avtari Satguru Sant Shadaram Sahib in the Sindh province, the high commission to India said on Wednesday.