Today I learnt that humanity is something that has become extinct in today's world. Picture this ; torrential rains, water clogged on streets, people stuck in traffic jam for hours, crawling at snail's pace trying to make way for themselves. Amongst all this a lady is about to slip and fall because of the chaos around her, and tries to grab a nearby vehicle for support to stop her fall. That vehicle owner glares at her angrily and snaps ' You seem to be in a lot of hurry....why don't you fly and go?'That lady left after muttering a sheepish Sorry. I wanted to ask her -For what?. Why are you apologizing to him?
ISBN: 978-9395481205 Genre: Non-fiction Publisher: Vishwakarma Publications Bringing together his experiences as a journalist and a keen observer, David Lepeska writes a raw and gut-wrenching book on Kashmir. Part memoir, part travelogue, and part reportage, Desiccated Land is a page-turner. The book starts by tracing the history of the region along with his own history, as a student who was dimly aware of the history of Kashmir and the turmoil it has been causing for centuries between India and Pakistan. Lepenska takes us to Nilamata Purana ( likely written in the 7th century ) which tells us the story leading to the birth of this region. He also shares an alternate possibility of the word being derived from a lake ‘Mira’ named after Vedic Sage Kashyapa. His first visit to Kashmir closely followed by his second (and much longer) visit as a journalist working for the Kashmir Observer after the 9/11 attacks, make for an interesting read. Lepeska had questions, a lot of them. An