STORYTELLING / CULTURE
The Tale of Two Friends in Two Cities
A journey through two cities and echoes of friendship
Yesterday, I received a message from my Photographer friend Jim,
“These days, I am in Jammu”.
A single-liner message was sufficient to get hundreds of beautiful images and thoughts about Jammu!
I replied,
“Wow!, so beautiful!”
While my actual thoughts were, “ You are so lucky …”
I didn’t say this, because, it had a tinge of jealousy!
I know Jammu and Kashmir as a place where every grass blade sports a fine blossom! But in the winter season, the State turns into a paradise with frozen lakes, snow-clad mountains, frozen snow in the apple orchards, and dusty roads covered in knee-deep snow.
No wonder the great poet Amir Khusaru uttered these words in awe of Kashmir — “If there’s a paradise on earth, it is here, it is here, it is here’’.
And, your best friend is sending you a message that he is spending holidays in Jammu! I can’t help but feel jealous!
