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The Half-Inch Himalayas is a stellar collection of early work by the poet Agha Shahid Ali (1949-2001). His most recent volumes of poetry are Rooms Are Never Finished and The Country Without a Post Office. He is also the editor of Ravishing Disunities: Real Ghazals in English.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Contents
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  1. Postcard from Kashmir
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  1. I
  1. A Lost Memory of Delhi
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  1. A Dream of Glass Bangles
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  1. Snowmen
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  1. Cracked Portraits
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  1. Story of a Silence
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  1. Prayer Rug
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  1. The Dacca Gauzes
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  1. The Season of the Plains
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  1. II
  1. A Monsoon Note on Old Age
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  1. A Butcher
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  1. The Fate of the Astrologer Sitting on the Pavement Outside the Delhi Railway Station
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  1. After Seeing Kozintsev's King Lear in Delhi
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  1. Chandni Chowk, Delhi
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  1. Cremation
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  1. In Memory of Begum Akhtar
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  1. Homage to Faiz Ahmed Faiz
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  1. III
  1. A Wrong Turn
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  1. Vacating an Apartment
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  1. The Previous Occupant
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  1. Leaving Your City
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  1. Philadelphia, 2:00 A.M.
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  1. The Jogger on Riverside Drive, 5:00 A.M.
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  1. Flight from Houston in January
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  1. Stationery
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  1. IV
  1. Survivor
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  1. I Dream It Is Afternoon When I Return to Delhi
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  1. A Call
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  1. The Tiger at 4:00 A.M.
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  1. In the Mountains
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  1. Houses
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