• Aneeqa
• Dr H K Jha

This study delves into the select works of Agha Shahid Ali, a major Kashmiri poet, who had migrated to United States in the 1980s and had established himself as an important poet of self-exile. This research explores the poetry of Agha Shahid Ali in the context of Indian diaspora and upholds Ali’s poetry extending beyond the mundane concept of exile towards a more pragmatic approach of homecoming through memory, nostalgia and reconciliation. The study analyses some of Shahid Ali’s important poems and explores the themes of memory, loss, recovery and recollections of his homeland in Kashmir. This study critically examines Ali’s literary contributions as an exilic poet, revolving around the idea of home with an emphasis on his feelings of longing in an alien land for his homeland where his inner self belongs. The study attempts to relate Agha Shahid Ali’s trauma and restlessness with Edward Said’s saying that exile is “an unhealable rift between the self and a native place, between the self and its true home.” (Said, 173)

diaspora, exile, identity, memory, home, transition, reconciliation

"Anxieties of Exile and Reconciliation of a Lost Home in the Poetry of Agha Shahid Ali", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 4, page no.e196-e200, April-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2404423.pdf

"Anxieties of Exile and Reconciliation of a Lost Home in the Poetry of Agha Shahid Ali", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 4, page no. ppe196-e200, April-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2404423.pdf