21 THINGS TO DO IN SRINAGAR, KASHMIR.

 

1) Wake up at dawn and go for the Floating Market in the Dal Lake.

2) Stay in a houseboat, at the Nigeen Lake.

3) Go for a Shikara ride at Sunset.

Kashmir Through My Eyes

4) Visit Hazratbal Shrine on a Friday, to see a large congregation of women praying.

5) Visit the Mughal Gardens.

6) Drink fresh water from the spring at Chashma Shahi.

7) Visit the Sri Pratap Singh Museum.

8) Walk, all the way up to the Shankaracharya Temple.

9) Shop at the Kashmir Government Emporium.

10) Visit the Botanical gardens and the Tulip Garden.

11) For Kashmiri cuisine (Wazwaan) go to Ahdoos.

12) For Mughal cuisine, visit the famous Shamyana Restaurant on the Boulevard.

13) Eat Harisa on a winter morning, from Hat Trick. 

14) Eat a whole Trami of Kashmiri food at the Grand Restaurant.

15) Listen to Radio Kashmir and Big 92.7, for Kashmiri Songs.

16) Buy Kashmiri Movies from Lal Chowk.

17) Visit Jama Masjid for the Jumma Namaz.

18) Dress up in traditional Kashmiri attire and get a picture clicked.

Kashmir Through My Eyes

 

19) Visit the Taj Vivanta at night, for a spectacular view of the city.

  

20) Go to the the spa at at the Lalit, to unwind.

 

21) Hire a golf cart and self drive through the Royal Spring Golf Course.

LOSS..... and beyond by Saadiya Kochar

A few years ago I started traveling to Kashmir, for my personal reasons (check out the film for that). What was initially supposed to a book on Kashmir, became a movie, an exhibition, a yet to be released book and now this blog. What I have lost can never be regained but what Kashmir gave me was a strange kind of calm to deal with the  chaos in my life.
There is so much information one has gathered about Kashmir- about its language, its folklore and of course its people. I'm not a Kashmiri, so I guess I will always have the view of someone peeping through the window. So this is the view of a Peeping Tom. Sometimes, I guess a Peeping Tom notices  certain details of the house than the inhabitants themselves, fail to notice.

Loss a film on Kashmir by Saadiya Kochar