To kill the time and coop from daily stress, many people have shifted to carp fishing where recreation and reflection revolve around the life and times in the valley. On a seething summer day in Srinagar, Yawar Guroo feels agitated, and decides to move out of his home. He rings his friends to socialize. Most…
When the ice melts on the meadows of Tosa Maidan, the morning brings back birds singing their instinctive songs setting a signal for nearby village dwellers to spend their summer on the most pleasant meadows of Kashmir. Abdul Ghani Shikari, 55, who lives in Sita Haran parish of central Kashmirโs Budgam district takes his family…
Life on Jhelum bund has been a cultural cradle in Kashmir capital. While one side has a distinction of being an artisan abode, the other side echoes with what resonates from across the river. As the muezzinโs prayer pitch pierces through the rafters of rundown residences, life on Jhelum riverbank at once turns meditatively calm.ย …