Known then as Francis Aberich Mackay memorial school. Girls can be seen in traditional Kashmiri dress.
This natural beauty of Gulmarg gone forever. They should have retained the basic feel of the place and not make it into another.
The price is really too high to pay for modernization. Now we seldom see virgin forests and other natural beauty of nature untouched by human hands. And its global. The only things that's left are memories of those who experienced it. So lucky are those who have witnessed GOD'S perfect creations.
Some earthenware names of past ,
NOUT - LEAJ - DEAGUL - DUL - TCHUD - ANUIT - KHOOS - MATAH - MA-ET - etc etc.
Those of us who have seen this road even as far back as in 60s can't believe that this is a picture of M.A road except perhaps by noticing the Shankaracharya hill in the background.
Nala Mar was a canal which used to connect Dal waters and Jehlum. It used to pass through present down town.it is now a road.
Water Color Painting by Major Edward Molenoux in 1880's, who was commissioned by Sir Francis Younghusband to paint different aspects of Kashmir Valley for his book titled KASHMIR in 1885. This book contained 70 paintings in the first edition. This painting depicts view of Nallah-e-Maar with Saraf Kadal in the nackground.
( The turban (Dastaar) and common footwear Paezaar can also be seen )
As heard from elders the common books read by literally person to groups of people were Gulistan and Bostan. These were common forms of entertainment.
Gulistan e Saadi, Bostan e Saadi and also Masnavi Molana Rumi were commonly read at that time. These books were also the part of educational syllabus at that time.
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