Poetry in the time of war

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The Free Press Journal (online), 30 November 2013

The online version of this Mumbai daily has re-published a dispatch by AAN’s Borhan Osman about truck poetry in Afghanistan: “Call it poetry in motion. Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN)’s Borhan Osman while on road trips in the conflict ravaged country has gathered a large collection of  verses on wheels. They speak of love, war and politics on trucks. The writer has translated a selection and provides some background on Afghan folk poetry.” Weare not sure whether we have authorised that, but the Indian colleagues are most welcome…