Mid-day Ramadan

No amorous couplets, no bare legged chicks, no smokers in empty smoking compartments, unoccupied coffee shops--the one inside marina is presenting a deserted look...

Double bass woofers reciting Kuranic verses in doxological hymns instead of jazz music.Drowsy afternoon is melting sluggishly and sun over my head is looking thirsty aswell...

The juiceless twinkling sand on the beach has kept herself away from the brine..hmmm she is fasting too!
A complete religious devotion of this mid-day afternoon.

flare will return back in the evening with bistro's coming to life, coffee shops packed in.

Rotisserie furnaces will be set to cookfire and that mouthwatering alluring aroma of cookery leaves everyone seduced..

Our flag-o-logy

V/S

It is really astonishing that our state is still bereft of a genuine flag.Though we have a few to show but none of them is able to carry a big stick.Since last 60 years we could not come up with a colourful piece of cloth that can represent us?--boo! I saw a news channel showing some young guys carrying green colored stoles and scarfs hanging on long wooden sticks; very funny and unusual.Even some protesting women were also quelling the shortage by waving their scarfs.

There wasn't any dearth of flags but the weird part was so many flags with so many colours and so many colors with so many shades.I could see sea green,chrome green,sage green and even bottle green was there.Though protests were kashmiri but some flags were pakistani.Majority of protesters were carrying pakistani flags(green/white) and chanting "We want freedom" slogans.I could not stop laughing when i saw a person in middle of a mammoth gathering waving a yellow flag.I hope he was not suffering from dyschromatopsia.I am sure he was protesting for some other reason, "aazadi" was not his case.

Now jokes apart,if we dig deep into this topic i think it is an important issue.However we were endorsing unity but our flags were doing the wrong publicity.I mean if we are united, if our purpose is the same even we are protesting for the same cause then why these different designs.Believe me i was chagrined when someone asked me the colour of our flag ,because there were so many to choose from.We have got a red and white flag inspired by "Red & White" cheap cigarettes.The inventor must have been a cheap smoker,price 5 Euros per pack is what we have "Vijay" or a cigarette brand like "pannama" priced for Rs 2.50 in india.


Hah! that was an advertisement break.

Okay,now the other one looks bit traditional sort of with a blend of green, orange and white.Though the white strips cutting the green colour seems to have been copied from an australian flag but nevertheless this beautiful flag looks cool and i think suits us as well.It is better and more explanatory due to its vibrant colours.Carrying a flag with only green colour in it is sometimes confusing because that is an islamic flag.So that should be only used for religious purpose.

AJ&K is already using the one with three colours in it.Symbolically the flag represents many aspects of Azad Jammu and Kashmir:
Three Fourths green background representing the seventy five percent Muslim population of the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
One Fourth Orange (Gold) color represents the twenty five percent minorities of the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Green stripes represent the Valley of the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
The White stripes represent the snow-covered mountains of the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Crescent is the usual semblance of the State of Jammu and Kashmir.



So what are we waiting for?

Why this jingoism?

Land row has just proved to be a euphemistic mask that india is using as a cover to blemish this already tormented vale; when i said(in one of my posts)that a "demographic change" was the actual aim behind all this land transfer conspiracy,i was a bit skeptical about my own belief but present jingo by indian regime and its political plotters has validated my statement.First came the land transfer game which cooked for nearly three months at the expence of 40 precious lives and now a new "ballyhoo" ; --"Nationalization of the whole route going to Amarnath cave"--quite preplexing,isn't it?

Earlier they needed a land equal to 9 football grounds to construct temporary toilets and now they need the road that leads to this "huge piece of land"--strange!

Our foe's are toooo naughty...every time they come-up with a new gimmick.

Though we are the victims of political demagogy but if we enter deep into this hornet's nest the whole controversy has turned into a hot-potato.It's kind of a "how-d'ye-do" situation that we are faced with.It's like adding fuel to the fire.They want to turn whole vale into a fire pottery where innocent people are being baked.Reason is simple--coz we are muslims--we are a majority--and we have to bear the consequences,"deja-vu" you know?.And they say this(nationalization of route) is important for communal harmony.One may agree,but how? on what basis...So does that mean,the day is not far when we will see Hindus,Muslimsm,Sikhs and Christains using particular routes constructed on religous lines and one will not be allowed to use the services of other.Then we will have a nationalized islamic highway starting from Hazratbal shrine and ending at Ajmer sharif with out any non-muslim using it.If so! then thanks to BJP.

Tommorow i will not be surprised if they say we should only plant hindu sacred trees to save the environment in kashmir.Imagine a mineral water bottle with a name "Hindu-bisleri".Come-on everything is possible,it is india dude!

and they will be singing the same song sung by "Britains"

"We don't want to fight,

yet by jingo if we do,

We've got the ships,

we've got the men,

We've got the money, too!"

"My Lovely Vale"

Fragnance of blooming flowers on trees,shrubs and creepers, Spring season breathes fresh air into frozen lives.Summer heightens the effect,trees vibrate with a celestial music of their feathery denizens and autumn brings that poignant feeling in its warm introspective colours.Winter comes with a blanket of snow.

This is my lovely vale; sigh!
"Kashmir"

Surrounded by mountains and embellished with mighty chinar trees.The joyous chirping of birds, orchards heavy with fruits, alpine meadows dotted with grazing herds, and shepherds lilting with their music – a vivid mosaic of this place - takes shape before your wandering eye.Out in the rice-fields on a solitary tree or on telegraph wires a roller (disambiguation) flaunting its blue-green plumage may be seen watching its prey. The paradise fly-catcher

(Bias musicus) in his angelic white and black garb opens the orchestra long before the break of dawn. It is followed by Tickell's (Cyronis tickelliae) thrush, with its dark beak and grey body, incessantly singing at the top of its voice untiringly right on to sunrise. The golden oriole(disambiguation) in his royal bright yellow breast and pink beak sends forth his liquid note. Now the ringdoves(disambiguation) from various quarters join the concert. The song is now in full swing. Later on the bulbul, the starling, the myna, the sparrow and occasionally the jackdaw, chirp and contribute., to the concord of the chorus. Some other birds too in their own way make a display of their musical talent.

This is a land of poets and poetry.Lal ded a metaphysical women poet of kashmir,says; "I did not trust for a moment ,but drank it anyway,the wine of my own poetry".

Her way of delineating and expressing her imaginations celebrates the loveliness of my homeland;"look at this glowing day! what clothes could be so beautiful or more sacred?".

The roads are lined with willows and deodars along golden meadows.A firmament sky touches the mountain peak displaying a heavenly scene.Far away somewhere the vault arch of the sky touches the ground.

As the dusk falls dal lake goes silent,birds go to sleep,sun hides behind these red and brown clouds.The flowing water between the mountain passes makes a sweet rhythm; a sweet lullaby lulls everyone to sleep...