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How do you define Kashmir?
May be the iconic Shikara…the tourism on one hand…the livelihood of so many on the other. Priceless moments of mother and child on such a Shikara… their dialogue with the water.
May be the tulips, the Mughal gardens with delightfully crafted wooden canopy…the dresses hanging on the grass…waiting to transform a common girl to a Kashmiri Princess, however short lived it may be…
May be the one and only marine Post office with the postcards, money orders and metallic seals of the golden olden days…
May be the holy shrines housing a slender solitary hair of the prophet or the bounty of belief of the human race…
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May be the Kashmiri handworks, a tradition of thousand years translated to a carpet. The yarn, the machine and the man…
The old saying goes like this – “If there is heaven on Earth, it is only here.”
Yet, the women folks are restricted to enter a shrine, a soldier needs to guard the Tulip Garden, the bewildered face of a child speaks of its uncertain future.
Are you really doing good, Kashmir??
Dr Bhaskar Das is an orthopaedic specialist who is also a travel writer. His interests include photography, traveling and exploring Bengal's cultural heritage. Dr Das has till date written three books in Bengali.
