โKids today go out in the snow for a couple of hours, take a couple of selfies and that is winter for them.โ One cold winter morning in 1962, 14-year-old Arshad woke up to his small, single-storied house in Maharaj Gunj Downtown, covered in snow.ย As he tip-toed, trying to sneak out, his mother caught…
Gulmarg, the famous skiing resort in Baramulla district of north Kashmir, was the only place in the valley where the night temperature improved on Thursday night, the officials said. SRINAGAR โย Kashmir valley is reeling under an intense cold wave as the minimum temperature dropped at most places in Kashmir. The night temperature settled several degrees…
From a patient on an oxygen cylinder to a student on exam preparation, the โpowerlessโ winter is once again keeping life hostage to the fair-weather system and grid in the valley. In her candlelit room, Shazia is sitting anxiously. The 26-year-old is a prospective PhD scholar and has recently enrolled for online classes on Unacademy…
From voguish hat to warrior headgear, Kashmir wears in all in the spell of chill. A proscribed drone shot wouldโve shown a freeze frame dotted with the vibrant hatted heads. Thatโs how winter looks like in the valley grappling with the biting cold. Head with hat is grasped as a โtopโ defence against the โGeneral…
I hear a low rumbling noise, the same my grandmother so dreaded of. They must be at it againโ the worldโs largest pickle factory, deftly manufacturing history. The news of his death lies deserted on the streets; Newsstands are selling the first snowfall in Kashmir. I see the sinews of the earth, moving beneath my…
{1} WHISPERS OF A BROKEN SPRING nothing is moving, even solitude seems immobile and infallible. my room has stayed on with the nonchalance of the last winter. ใ คใ คใ คit smells of roasted potatoes and damp laundry. silence walks around barefoot, with a candle perched on its head. ใ คใ คใ คeverything has become more imminent. the air outside is…
As the valley grapples with medieval power cuts once again this early winter, many people have resumed old ways to ward off the bone-numbing cold. But the frequent darkness has only aggravated the already frozen turbulence in Kashmir. A downtowner doubling as street jester has a new trade tip for his Nowhatta tribe these days.…