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April 12, 2015October 12, 2020

areas in Kashmir

Abandoned Pandit houses in a village on route to Pahalgam

There are areas in Kashmir where Shias live.
There are areas in Kashmir where Sunnis live.
There are areas in Kashmir where Sikhs live.
There are areas in Kashmir where Armies live.
There are areas in Kashmir where Terrorists live.

Areas marked and divided like compost bin.

Some houses there are even for
Tibetan, Uzbek, Afghan and Iranian refugees.

They all have houses in Kashmir from which we often hear talk of war and peace.

Now, if you ask, “But, where do Pandits live in Kashmir?”

“I have heard three live about a mile from here, two a mile after that, seen them with my own eyes and the remaining – they all live in our heart.”

So lease me your big heart for a minute or two, I need to use the loo.

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April 9, 2015October 12, 2020

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An abandoned Pandit house at a place near Dhar Bagh, Srinagar.

Gar Zameen rov Firdaus’as,
tatha asto, tatha astho, tatha asto

April 8, 2015October 12, 2020

Acha falu Macha falu

Song for the last morsel

Acha falu
Macha falu
Khodaiy saehbun Bhatt’e falu
Yemiss razas Tchalu
Humiss kaawas lagu

April 8, 2015October 12, 2020

Kana Mana Tu

Stairway that leads to Harwan monastery ruins.

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April 1, 2015October 12, 2020

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The world with snow was silvered for a season,
But emerald came instead of the heaps of silver.
The rich pagoda of Cashmere at springtide
Surrendered to the garden all its pictures.
See how the lake’s whole surface by the March wind
Is raised, like sturgeon’s back, in scaly ridges!

~Abú Mansúr ‘Umára of Merv, flourished under the last king of the House of Sámán and the first of the House of Ghazna.

March 23, 2015October 12, 2020