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Surviving through Kashmir Floods

September 26, 2014September 27, 2014 by gw2021

This is my story 6th September was my cousins mehendi _ day before the wedding day. We  didnt go the whole day as it was cold and rainy and it would be difficult to manage with a new born. My elder son who is 6 was bored and we spent the day playing word building….

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Khandar – The Kashmiri Wedding – Kupwara

March 31, 2012September 23, 2012 by gw2021

A few years back I had the honour of being invited to a wedding feast in Kupwara. To me a chance to visit the countryside in Kashmir is always something I look forward to – not only does it pristine unmatched beauty thrill me, the simplicity of its people, the sweet smile of the kids who grow up away from the ‘city-life’ makes me feel like this is the real Kashmir. Kashmir away from the ugly influences that makes us act like someone else.

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Romance in Islam

May 7, 2008September 23, 2012 by gw2021

How often do you hear people talk about Romance with an Islamic context? Talking of romance, of love generally speaking – in front of many Muslims would raise eyebrows as the image of ‘Romance’ and ‘Love’ that we have today is what is presented by the Holly/Bolly Wood or the loads of novels that come…

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How to poison your mother in law

March 13, 2008September 21, 2012 by gw2021

Got this in another email! And yes, it is very very interesting. 😛 Poison Your Mother-in-Law … A long time ago in China, a girl named Li-Li got married and went to live with her husband and mother-in-law. In a very short time, Li-Li found that she couldn’t get along with her mother-in-law at all….

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Khandar – The Kashmiri Wedding – part 2

June 13, 2007September 23, 2012 by gw2021

One of the readers pointed out that the Kashmiri wedding is a lot more than just food, and I certainly agree. Actually the food is just a part of it – an interesting set of courses that interest the five senses in different forms. But the fact remains that in Kashmir weddings are an elaborate…

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Men’s rights in Islam.

March 28, 2007September 21, 2012 by gw2021

Oh yes you read it right. I didn’t forget any woe-some ‘wo’ anywhere. I am here doing a little research on men’s rights in Islam. Its been a very suffocating and frustrating experience being labeled as a “feminist” just because I question the way the position of men has been portrayed in our society. There…

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