The shikara is a type of wooden boat found on Dal Lake and other water bodies of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir. A Shikhara is a traditional Gondola type light rowing boat which is mostly seen on the pristine Dal Lake, apart from other lakes.
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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF KASHMIR & WAY FORWARD -II
Not long ago, the former Pakistani President General Zia ul Haq had also made a plan not only to annex the lands of Kashmir but dismember India which generally conformed to what was put together as Op Topac. Zia aimed to bring final victory for Islamic Pakistan over Hindu India and therefore his campaign was not confined to Kashmir alone. General Abdul Akhtar Rahman – a former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Chief – developed Zia’s plan for liberating Kashmir which was put in place in early 1984 and aimed to culminate in an uprising in the valley by 1991. Unlike the plans made in 1947 and 1965, Zia’s plan did not limit itself to the ‘liberation’ of Kashmir – it sought the ‘disintegration’ of India.
BEAUTY OF KASHMIR
Amidst the Himalayas, a valley blooms, A land that exudes beauty and perfume, A paradise on earth, it’s known to be, The land of Kashmir, so en chanting to see. The peaks, the snow, the meadows so green, The river, the lakes, a sight to be seen, The gardens, the flowers, the trees so grand,…
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