Question

Explain the ironic effect of the line now I hold the half inch Himalayas in my hand​

Answer 1

Answer:

Agha Shahid in many of his poems describes his nostalgic feelings about his homeland. The

childhood memories of his native land are in his mind and he tries to imprint them while looking at the

photograph received by him through a postcard. He expects Kashmir to be same neat and clean but the

lost beauty of his dreamland can be traced from the line:” Now I hold half inch Himalayas in my hand”,

the half inch Himalayas are Ironical to the extreme that the vast and massive geographic area has shrunk

and lost is neat and clean attitude. In addition, Irony of not ever returning to the birth place finds a poor

substitute in four by six-inch post card with a photograph in it.

Explanation: easy