. ▁K ash mir ▁is ▁v ivid ly ▁ev oked ". ▁ ▁Imp act ▁and ▁legacy ▁▁ ▁The ▁title ▁poem ▁has ▁been ▁c ited ▁by ▁cultural ▁and ▁political ▁figures ▁in ▁the ▁years ▁since ▁its ▁publication . ▁The ▁reasons ▁for ▁the ▁work ▁being ▁c ited ▁vary . ▁From ▁the ▁poem ▁being ▁crit ically ▁and ▁univers ally ▁pra ised , ▁to ▁it ▁becoming ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁famous ▁po ems ▁to ▁be ▁written ▁about ▁K ash mir , ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁poem ▁that ▁connected ▁to ▁the ▁land ▁and ▁the ▁people ▁of ▁the ▁region . ▁It ▁became ▁a ▁met ap hor ▁for ▁a ▁free ▁country ▁and ▁anch ored ▁the ▁larger ▁collection ▁that ▁talked ▁about ▁the ▁pain ▁of ▁K ash mir ▁in ▁a ▁heart f elt ▁and ▁inten se ▁way . ▁Ali ' s ▁master pie ce ▁deeply ▁connected ▁with ▁and ▁in ▁turn ▁influenced ▁many ▁K ash mi ri ▁writers . ▁K ash mi ri ▁novel ist ▁Mir za ▁Wa he ed ▁wrote , ▁" For ▁many ▁of ▁us , ▁growing ▁up ▁amid ▁this ▁horror , ▁it ▁was ▁Shah id ▁who ▁sh one ▁a ▁light ▁on ▁the ▁darkness ... ▁when ▁I ▁first ▁read ▁Country ... ▁it ▁was ▁a kin ▁to ▁listening ▁to ▁someone ▁making ▁sense ▁of ▁my ▁world ▁to ▁me ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ". ▁The ▁title ' s ▁literal ▁meaning ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁used ▁to ▁describe ▁modern - day ▁communication ▁restrictions ▁in ▁the ▁region ▁during ▁times ▁of ▁conflict . ▁▁ ▁A ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁cultural ▁evening ▁organ ised ▁in ▁J aw ah ar l