Test: The Ghat Of The Only World - Class 11 MCQ

Agha Shahid Ali was a teacher and poet from Kashmir who moved to Pennsylvania in 1975 and later lived mainly in America.

Shahid's custom was to spend the summer months with his parents in Srinagar.

Shahid regarded his time at Pennysylvania state as the happiest time of his life.

Shahid had a series of jobs in colleges and universities, and he was appointed as a professor at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City in 1999.

Shahid had cancer, which was already serious by the time the author became intimate with him.

Both Shahid and the author loved rogan josh, Roshanara Begum, Kishore Kumar, and the music of Begum Akhtar.

Shahid had a recurrent dream that all the Pandits had vanished from the valley of Kashmir and their food had become extinct.

Shahid spoke to the author about his approaching death for the first time on 25 April 2001.

Shahid's parents continued to live in Srinagar, and it was his custom to spend the summer months with them every year.

The author became intimate with Shahid when he moved to Brooklyn in 2000, by which time Shahid's condition was already serious.

Shahid loved good food, especially the food of his region, one variant of it in particular: 'Kashmiri food in the Pandit Style'. He would issue directions to the person in the kitchen regarding the ingredients to be added to rogan josh at various stages.

Shahid had a sorcerer's ability to transmute the mundane into the magical. He was a poet who had achieved greatness.

Shahid had a recurrent dream that all the Pandits had vanished from the valley of Kashmir and their food had become extinct. This was a nightmare that haunted him.

The author was with Shahid on 7 May 2000 when he taught his last class at Manhattan's Baruch College.

Shahid spoke to the author about his approaching death for the first time on 25 April 2001.