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THE HIGHEST PLACE

When I got there
I was afraid.

People of my city
it is terrifying to discover
   that all the steps
      of the city
         lead up to
            this place
               where no one lives.

THE HIGHEST PLACE

From: Yahan Se Dekho
Publisher: Radhakrishan Prakashan, Delhi

Kedarnath Singh

(India, 1934)

Born in 1934, Kedarnath Singh is widely acknowledged as one of the major writers of contemporary Hindi poetry. Subtle, understated, economical, nuanced and allusive, Singh’s poetry has been associated with the New Poetry and Progressive Writers’ Movements in Hindi. His work has been described as ‘polyvocal’ and ‘dialogic’, surcharged with a folk and mythic consciousness, capable of evoking ‘the...

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THE HIGHEST PLACE

When I got there
I was afraid.

People of my city
it is terrifying to discover
   that all the steps
      of the city
         lead up to
            this place
               where no one lives.

THE HIGHEST PLACE

When I got there
I was afraid.

People of my city
it is terrifying to discover
   that all the steps
      of the city
         lead up to
            this place
               where no one lives.