Hand In Hand – 21st December 2025

Very much inspired and paraphrased from this delicious article at Think BRICS

As dawn breaks over the snow-capped Pir Panjal mountains,
the Jhelum still in shadow;

two families, divided by the flowing glacial waters
and a simple line on a map,
dangle their clay pots to the nurturing artery.

Far away, the suited make their big decisions;
here, there are only silent prayers

~ may you never run dry
~ may you never become a sword

A winding course through the Kashmir Valley
criss-crossing metaphorical lines of control;

more important than war and upheaval,
a shared humanity in need ignores the partitions.

As shifting monsoon seasons and melting ice
counter past famines with floods,

a civil society builds its trust in amity.