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…
Once clogged by tourists, now lost in poverty. The people of Dal Lake are left with nothing but empty pockets in another lockdown. A white bird โgullโ sits undisturbed in the Dal Lake on one of the vertical beams of wood. Silent, he pushes the beam and hits the air willfully. An old man sitting…
Being a bibliophile does not merely make one a well-read person. It is like carrying all the people, all these characters in oneโs heart as if they were people in real life. It was a bright beautiful day. The sun was high up in the sky, burning up intensely. The light was blindingly bright due…
The islet where farewell moments were once performed by Muslim cremators has now become a shimmering example of loyalty. Birds chirping and insect shrilling evocatively echo a ghost islet in the backwater of iconic Dal Lake. The shed under which pyre was once prepared still stands under the shade of mighty Chinars. Dead would arrive…