Guns n Roses
Kashmir and khauff
A valley that’s been created by The Almighty with finest elements and with utmost care..
A valley with lush green of pines,fir,birch and laced with small white streams,coronated with the milky sky to be the most beautiful thing on earth,which compels anyone to utter those beautiful lines,
‘Agar jannat kahi hai,toh yahi hai,yahi hai,yahi hai..’
The endless precautionary advises,news flash about death toll does create an inexplicable effect on mind,which on entering the valley,we do experience it.There is a beauty that is hard to describe through words and also a silence,unending silence,that’s better to be termed ,’khauff’!Its hard to imagine that a valley like this that also has hoardes of pine,has in its bosom a lot of insane people(it’s a shame to call them humans!)who in turn start chanting verses of terror about azaadi and what not the whole day.Every ‘chowk’ is just a square of terror with our dutiful poilicemen watching from a distance,the full on action film!
I guess the beautiful girls in the traditional kashmiri dresses,the juicy apples,the smell of kobab(well this is just a piece of info!),kesari,pashmina,pahadis along with guns did make my trip a memorable one!!
Walking bare foot(to be honest it was trekking!!)till glaciers(just on the other side of the mountain that has amaranth) did make my trekking debut memorable ,and started the infamous riots which like our the celebrity B-town relationships on-off status recurred.Riots,as old as me,deaths as common as curfews and peace as rare as ‘rozi roti’!!
Despite terror,khauff and bliss,the valley of Kashmir reminds me of a line from an English movie(definitely do not remember the name!)like ‘its all a part of the charm’!
The terror,khauff and bliss make the valley as news in paper,people who are used to whole scenario think terror is as native to Kashmir as its natural bliss.I hope the next generation can just have sleep,play,snow,the smell of kobab,the juicy apples and PEACE!!
