A P(ea)ce of Heaven

Kashmir: A p(ea)ce of heaven

Kashoo Tawseef

Kashmir-The Mecca of love, art and history. A p(ea)ce of heaven with Snow-capped peaks and wooded slopes. River rushing along its rocky course amid grassy meadows carpeting the wild flowers and wagtails hopping along from stone to stone along the stream's edge paint it as dream land than a valley.

The landscape here is breath taking - with well-defined snow-capped peaks. Rivers with their clear waters meanders through the town. A walk through the dappled orchards revives old spirits. Fairy-tale forests of deodar and pine are worth unleashing.

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Referred to as the Switzerland of Asia, Kashmir is an excellent place for a holiday. Leh and Zanskar, its two beautiful regions are also a favourite stop-over for trekkers.

A visit to the market here takes you to myriads of interesting shops selling carpets of different variety and crafts with an appetizing aroma of steaming noodles in the air.

Kashmir has many attractions but the chief centre of interest, historically and archeologically, is the natural beauty. You can also refresh yourself with a dip in the natural springs or maybe create your own movie or sit down to pen a best seller at banks of Jhelum. You can also simply enjoy the peace and tranquility that's always here.

Poets have described it heaven on the earth. So if one desires a visit to heaven while he/she is alive, then Kashmir is the place to visit. So book yourself a Mast Mast Kashmir package and take home a little p(ea)ce of heaven!

Kashmir: A p(ea)ce of heaven in Hyderabad

Kashmir also finds itself in the city of Nawabs, endearingly called as the Pearl City, Hyderabad offers a variety of tourist attractions ranging from heritage monuments, lakes and parks, Museums to delicate cuisines and a delightful shopping experience. Few of them are Charminar, Golconda Fort, Qutub Shahi Tombs, Mecca Masjid, Birla Mandir, Salar Jung Museum, Birla Science Museum, Ramoji Film City, Lumbini Park, Hussain Sagar, Ali Sagar, Ashok Sagar.

Salar Jung Museum is one of the world's famous museums in Hyderabad that displays around 35,000 antique and art objects collected by Nawab Salar Jung III, Prime Minister to the Nizam of Hyderabad reputed to be the world's largest one man collection. The most exhibits are the turban & Ivory chairs of Tipu Sultan, Aurangzeb's diamond studded sword, veiled statues of Rebecca and Margarita-Mephistopheles.

Besides all this are two rooms in the museum named as 'Kashmir Room' that displays the history, art , culture of Kashmir. The most exhibits are the portraits of the rulers of Kashmir, handicrafts of Kashmir including Papier Machie, Wood work, Carpets, Shawls etc.

Kashmir Now

"If there must be trouble let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." Thomas Paine

But the p(ea)ce of heaven, has become a tragic problem - a problem so complex that two countries have fought three wars over it in last 50 years. Nothing divides India and Pakistan as Kashmir does, and nobody has suffered more in the process than the people of Kashmir. Common Kashmiri's die a thousand deaths each day and nobody pays regard to their miseries. Kashmiri's have been always deprived of their chance at fate and are deprived of their fundamental rights. Kashmiri's are "sandwiched between security forces and militants." What Kashmir requires today is a leader a leader, who would be committed to bring peace to the grief-stricken valley.

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