What a delightful view is this ! The way he is enjoying his jajeer. Contentment and simple joys of life . What a time it was !
A very contented look. very basic " Naav". Dry hay. Wonder for his cattle or just to keep his seating warm! And enjoyment at its Best! Simple folks with a even more Simple Happy Life!
Perhaps a short break from work, and a quick tamok daam & then back to work. No time even to sit down & have a puff ! Or was the urge for a tamok daam too strong? And look how nicely balanced he is!
Where this smile has gone. Now everybody is becoming victim of tension. Is there any authority to return this smile back ? Kashmir has become a political den for all parties.
Those were days. Love and humanity can be seen on there faces. The famed houseboat owners and their families are still very fondly remembered by all the visitors of the bygone Golden Era for their hospitality !
Looks clean and wide road now it looks like garbage street.
Happy innocent faced so rare in today's Kashmir.
Somehow the charm of our beautiful city was lost in this rat race and chaos.
(from the book Valley of Kashmir by Walter R Lawrence).
The caption reads :- "A group of Kashmiris. Numbers 3 and 4 in the back line from the left are Gujars, Numbers 5 and 6 in the back line from the right are Sikhs. Of the rest those to the left are Musalmans and those to the right commencing with the Pandit boy are Hindus (Pandits)."
Sir Walter Rooper Lawrence was the Land settlement commissioner of Kashmir from 1889 to 1895 under British Rule and during his stay of 6 years in Kashmir he wrote this very informative book called "Valley of Kashmir".
The bond of brotherhood was so strong in those times that its highly difficult to differentiate between their creeds.
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