Magical Kashmir
This I saw, this I experienced, this I know to be the truth. Kashmir had always been that mysterious place that occasionally showed glimpses of itself through movies like Roja and Haider. Always on the news but never to reveal its scenic beauty. Agar Firdaus Ruhen Zameen Ast - something so beautiful, something still within reach. I have been lucky that in my lifetime I was able to visit paradise. I can pinch myself and still not believe it that this dream has been lived and loved. Even though we were apprehensive about the security, this was something that had to be done. So much that I was ready to go through 4 hours of air sickness. The first sight in Srinagar airport was this fully covered beautiful Kashmiri women and plain-faced bearded security personnel. The temperature was around 30 quite a disappointment as it was raining in Chennai then. Kashmir and dhoop something I did not imagine will go together. The water in the washroom was ice cold but, so I had some ho...
