A young boy enjoying Shikara ride on Dal lake.There are lots of unscheduled holidays in the form of hartals and curfews in Kashmir. (Picture-Abrar, click pic)
Putting aside questions about maintenance and lake-sickness, a floating hotel makes good sense. If you don't like the surroundings, just tow it to a new location. (pic-abrar, place:kashmir)
A young boys initiation to adulthood, the bay on which he sails becomes a universe of sorts, teaching him new lessons about making choices, adapting to change, and becoming his own person with every journey he takes. (Pic-abrar, click on pic)
The Dal Lake of Kashmir is one of the world's largest natural lakes. In 1200 AD, the lake covered an area of 75 sq km. By the 1980s, only 25 sq. km survived, and today this lake stretches over barely 12 sq. km. (Pic-Abrar, click on pic)
Same clay to potters,but there is disorder in nature. I may forget a name, but I never forget the face. A heavy sleep champion, beware, sometimes acts as a chameleon. Rise O dreamer, can your hear the echo from carved sacred rock. On Mahadev mountain peak.'Don't retreat, don't retreat'.
What a beautiful moment,when near Solomon's Throne called Takht-i-Sulaiman, all lost tribes will meet.