An Irish Poet Sends the Fragrance of Invisible Flowers to Varavara Rao

An Irish Poet Sends the Fragrance of Invisible Flowers to Varavara Rao


Stills from Masood Hussain’s poetry film, ‘Flowers for Varavara Rao’. Photo: Masood Hussain

The Wire / by Gabriel Rosenstock

Recently, Dublin-based poet Gabriel Rosenstock sent Srinagar-based artist Masood Hussain a poem in Irish and English, titled ‘Flowers for Varavara Rao’ – a tribute to the ailing 81-year-old poet-activist who has been imprisoned since 2018, arrested in the Elgar Parishad case.
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Flowers for Varavara Rao

en, irish | 2:44 min | 2020
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