WHAT IS IT LIKE TO LIVE IN KASHMIR???

WHAT IS IT LIKE TO LIVE IN KASHMIR???

Peaceful. 

If I describe it one word, it would be that. I know this sounds strange because the place is very (in)famous for lack of peace, but I say this with utmost conviction that there is no place more peaceful in its peacelessness as Kashmir.

❉After a long tiring, frustrating day , driving along the foreshore road and watching the sun set into the Dal Lake with all its hues of red and gold.

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❉Waking up to the chill of a winter morning in your cozy bed, knowing that it snowed last night and anticipating a thick white blanket on everything outside.

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❉Hearing birds retiring to their nests at the fall of dusk.

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❉Watching star lit night skies in the summer.

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❉Fragrance of blossoming flowers at the arrival of spring.

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❉Sleeping in the Hamam ( Kashmiri alternative to fireplace) on a cold freezing day.

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❉Hearing mounds of snow falling from rooftops into a loud thud at night while you read your favourite book in candlelight ( thanks to electricity shortage in winter).

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❉Walking over crunching golden Chinar leaves strewn all over during autumn.

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❉Looking over at the horizon and seeing distant snow clad mountains.

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❉Sipping nun chai on late Sunday mornings.

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Yeah this is exactly how we live. There's this peace in Kashmir that i cannot put into words. Even in this peacelessness, there's some kind of peace that I have never experienced elsewhere. And that is why I will always be a Kashmiri first :)

PEACE.