Contribution in Poetry of Kashmiri Woman Poet, Habba Khatoon

Abstract

Habba Khatoon She gave to Kashmiri poetry a new art form the Vacan of Short lyric which was probably influenced by folk songs as well as by the Persian Ghazal. Habba also invented the Raas-i-Kashmiri, the raga of Kashmiri classical music. Habba Khatoon emphasizes the importance and meaning of the individuals emotional experiences of personal relationships and of love that is human, not divine. Her actual name was zoon (meaning moon) but the name Habba Khatoon meaning lady of love was assumed by her later. She was the lady of love. She was the lady of Human love