Love for your birth place is such a passion which forces you to visit again and again even you are hundreds of kilometers away from that place. This year the birth place of all Kashmiri pundits till 1990 called me, my emotions once again in June 2008 after short span of 2 years .That time through the columns of various magazines, I wrote about KASHMIR OF 2006 and today I am lucky once again to write about KASHMIR OF 2008.
Today’s KASHMIR is a bit more happy, more relaxed, more matured and doing all the day to day working as usual but without we all KAHMIRI PUNDITS. This time we went through southern side of KASHMIR like VERINAG, NAGBAL, MATTAN .On the way many PUNDIT villages came on passing the route to ANANTNAG, which gave a deserted look as all the PUNDIT houses stand still keeping there doors and windows open probably for all its inhabitants. Every where in KAHMIR all the PUNDIT houses are showing the same love and affections to their family members, but few of them are now loosing the hope of comeback of their respective inhabitants and also few houses are ageing now and are very desperate to see their loved ones before they fell down once for all. This I found when I reached my home at BOMAI SOPORE along with my kids on 10th of JUNE 2008 for the first time after about 19 years, my home asked me what was my fault the you all left me all alone un attended at this place, it also narrated all the pains inflicted by un identified during all these years. The surroundings wore a deserted look with heaps of unwanted greenery and doors and windows open without window panes and doors as well. It seemed that it will be no more in next year as 50 % of it stands damaged, before I said goodbye to my revered home the arms of that grand building which was my home some years before hugged me, my children and my wife too. I too paid a respect to it bowing my head for giving me shelter for about 25 years.
I need to say that same feeling I found at all places where the PUNDIT locality look in the same way, I need to add that what we all lost can never be achieved back because the clock has completed almost 20 years now leaving us far behind and every good thing there is not for we all, who cares for whom.
I request every one to remember their place of residence in KASHMIR before leaving homes and hearths behind, the place and the home will be calling you even for once.
Today’s KASHMIR is a bit more happy, more relaxed, more matured and doing all the day to day working as usual but without we all KAHMIRI PUNDITS. This time we went through southern side of KASHMIR like VERINAG, NAGBAL, MATTAN .On the way many PUNDIT villages came on passing the route to ANANTNAG, which gave a deserted look as all the PUNDIT houses stand still keeping there doors and windows open probably for all its inhabitants. Every where in KAHMIR all the PUNDIT houses are showing the same love and affections to their family members, but few of them are now loosing the hope of comeback of their respective inhabitants and also few houses are ageing now and are very desperate to see their loved ones before they fell down once for all. This I found when I reached my home at BOMAI SOPORE along with my kids on 10th of JUNE 2008 for the first time after about 19 years, my home asked me what was my fault the you all left me all alone un attended at this place, it also narrated all the pains inflicted by un identified during all these years. The surroundings wore a deserted look with heaps of unwanted greenery and doors and windows open without window panes and doors as well. It seemed that it will be no more in next year as 50 % of it stands damaged, before I said goodbye to my revered home the arms of that grand building which was my home some years before hugged me, my children and my wife too. I too paid a respect to it bowing my head for giving me shelter for about 25 years.
I need to say that same feeling I found at all places where the PUNDIT locality look in the same way, I need to add that what we all lost can never be achieved back because the clock has completed almost 20 years now leaving us far behind and every good thing there is not for we all, who cares for whom.
I request every one to remember their place of residence in KASHMIR before leaving homes and hearths behind, the place and the home will be calling you even for once.
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Your post and photoes brought back numerous reminiscences connected with your large house in Boami especially the day of my marriage in the same house and our Lagan on the top floor. The other things that pound my thoughts are the lovely affectionate faces that are no more now, Baijee, Papajee, Bobjee, Your revered father, I'm sorry I miss the name. We occasionally feast our eyes by seeing Jankak and Soom-toeth. May Swami Ji give them long life. I'll try to record the sweet memories of Bomai and this house on my blog as under:
http://kashmirwarbling.blogspot.com/
Dear Brother!!
got to know some useful things for living a lovely life. you made me emotional for my home, remembered everything and my eyes were filled with tears. thanks a lot for same .after yaers i realised how much i loved my home, iloved my elders. how much i loved my lost grand parents. my freiend and everything list is too long. i had spent best part of my life in Bomai that is my Child Hood , that i will never get back.
Thanks Thanks for this
Dear BHARAT,
It was a pleasure seeing OUR home and with it came back flashbacks of our childhood time spent together. The time on holidays when all the boys from our family would go to play cricket and the numbers from our family would add upto 11.The time we would eat together, go to our orchard together or just spend some time together under the chinar.The list is endless but the memories sweet.My wife still keeps forgetting names and my son thinks i exaggerate about my memories.But yes Iwas pained to see the present condition of our home.I too hope one day i take my family along to see it to believe it. THANKS for taking me down the memory lane.
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