Sahastra sarvatra viyapi suhrat vichariyam Bahubal sambahu aktam swayambu paramakari Anter mukhi drishti nirvan rahasye tati paramgati Sahiban saptami of Shri Mata Alakheshwari Roop Bhawani observed at Talab Tillo ashram Jammu

Morning tea 2 biscuits Stains on tabletop Circular stains Dried tea Scratch marks From my nails wounded circle Like thoughts Mine Mine like nights No dreams A Dead sleep Spilled tea Wet cloth All gone Scratches Thoughts Dreams Poem

Mother used to tell that she would visit mishriwala camps in 1992-3 for surveying the KP families that were living there. For years we both tried to find the data that she recorded. Still on the hunt but today got a small lead, An old diary with the rough format of survey form.

An old shop

On this day, September 26, I lost my dear friend Arvind Gigoo. A year has passed; devoid of conversations, literature, stories, cinema, the childlike laughter and evening tea at his place. The house in Jammu remains locked. Time is moving through us. Life is passing.

In memory of time, and the souls it takes.

Primatologist, conservationist, animal advocate, educator, and National Geographic Explorer Jane Goodall has died at age 91. Goodall’s decades of research into the lives of wild chimpanzees transformed our understanding of these intelligent apes. on.natgeo.com/48JYSdP

'...my life is a permanent correction.'

A Permanent-Makeshift

This Diwali, let's light the lamp of Health. A heartfelt appeal to the Kashmiri Pandit community to donate generously in this noble cause. Your donation can help make a difference in the lives of patients and their families. #kmcet #kashmiripandits

Grandfather's Geeta

Till the very end

The exact page from the manuscript that has been digitised by The eGangotri Project archive.org/details/sharad…

To create, a creation, from the created. Thank you Satyarth Pandita ✨

'Geometry - Saatvi Jamaat ke liye' ~Irfaan Publishing Company, Gojwara, Srinagar From Satyarth Pandita's collection

The last time, When days felt like days And years were worth remembering

Watched #Baramulla last night. Must watch. Had written this last year, the abandoned homes of Kashmiri Pandits. In souls, living or dead, every Kashmiri Pandit has breathed there, after having had to live outside Kashmir. The walls remain a silent witness to it all...

Screen Grab ~Baramulla