Strive for knowledge

The way this child is praying, holding hands so beautifully with bread (roti) in her pockets speaks an innocent narrative. This doesn't need any kind of make up or photo editing to make it beautiful. The beauty is apparent.  This picture got my attention and I couldn't stop myself from writing a little for this angel. This is actually, I would say in lay terms a cultural indication, when after winter breaks the schools in Kashmir reopen, the parents need to pack their children with sugar mixed bread locally called by a famous name khandeh tchuth . Everytime my sight hits the picture, heart shakes and mind pushes me to the past. The past that flew away like dust, leaving behind innumerable, unforgettable, living, green and golden memories. All of us know the chilhood is the best time in every person's life, with time the age burdens us makes us prey to the wordly affairs and centers us to the materialistic attractions. Just talk to  children, perceive the responses they...

Bhat Mujtaba Gurezi Culture, beliefs, values, mores are what we get from the continuous use and disuse of principles of living and interacting. If we would go by the simple perception, the indian subcontinent as a whole is multifarous throughout its length and breadth. Whether it is social, cultural or physical dimension, the subcontinent is diverse, Kashmir being a segment  of this huge geographical entity has not stood behind from being  a blend of dissimilarities and distinctiveness. The Jammu and Kashmir in sum total has individualized in social and cultural aspects. The three regions- Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh with respective religious dominations of Hinduism, Islam and Buddhism have flavours of their own with one contrasting from the other. Kashmir so far concerned is the most Muslim dominated region and has an imprint of the Persian culture.  Kashmiri cousine, habits of eating, ways of living, wearing style, the attire is what we got from the west Asian incomer...