Reminiscences: Histories from home

“You know what children, there is no restaurant, hotel, and Dhabas that I and your mother have not explored in Sargodha.”

“She broke into, “Bumro Bumro Sham Rang Bumro”— the only Kashmiri rhyme she knew and sang her little heart out.”

“She constricted her nostrils and in an acerbic tone remarked, “Kalyug has become worse, these days women don’t have manners and decency to wear clothes.”

“The crystal clear view of Api and Saipal mountains and the fresh air at Bajhang made my friends excited and energetic.”

“Before with those hands she used to make sukul. Now her old hands get to work only if she is praying to the gods she believes are protecting our family.”

“Then came the downfall. A hand of cards, a roll of kaudis, one more line of debt, one more piece of land given away.”

“भूत छ भनेर सुन्दा हामी दिदीबहिनी कुरा गर्थ्यौँ, भूतसँग जम्काभेट हुनुपर्ने हो तर हामीले अहिलेसम्म सपनामा पनि देख्नु परेको छैन ।”

“You know what children, there is no restaurant, hotel, and Dhabas that I and your mother have not explored in Sargodha.”

“She broke into, “Bumro Bumro Sham Rang Bumro”— the only Kashmiri rhyme she knew and sang her little heart out.”

“She constricted her nostrils and in an acerbic tone remarked, “Kalyug has become worse, these days women don’t have manners and decency to wear clothes.”

“The crystal clear view of Api and Saipal mountains and the fresh air at Bajhang made my friends excited and energetic.”

“Before with those hands she used to make sukul. Now her old hands get to work only if she is praying to the gods she believes are protecting our family.”

“Then came the downfall. A hand of cards, a roll of kaudis, one more line of debt, one more piece of land given away.”

“भूत छ भनेर सुन्दा हामी दिदीबहिनी कुरा गर्थ्यौँ, भूतसँग जम्काभेट हुनुपर्ने हो तर हामीले अहिलेसम्म सपनामा पनि देख्नु परेको छैन ।”

“You know what children, there is no restaurant, hotel, and Dhabas that I and your mother have not explored in Sargodha.”

“She broke into, “Bumro Bumro Sham Rang Bumro”— the only Kashmiri rhyme she knew and sang her little heart out.”

“She constricted her nostrils and in an acerbic tone remarked, “Kalyug has become worse, these days women don’t have manners and decency to wear clothes.”

“The crystal clear view of Api and Saipal mountains and the fresh air at Bajhang made my friends excited and energetic.”

“Before with those hands she used to make sukul. Now her old hands get to work only if she is praying to the gods she believes are protecting our family.”

“Then came the downfall. A hand of cards, a roll of kaudis, one more line of debt, one more piece of land given away.”

“भूत छ भनेर सुन्दा हामी दिदीबहिनी कुरा गर्थ्यौँ, भूतसँग जम्काभेट हुनुपर्ने हो तर हामीले अहिलेसम्म सपनामा पनि देख्नु परेको छैन ।”

“You know what children, there is no restaurant, hotel, and Dhabas that I and your mother have not explored in Sargodha.”

“She broke into, “Bumro Bumro Sham Rang Bumro”— the only Kashmiri rhyme she knew and sang her little heart out.”

“She constricted her nostrils and in an acerbic tone remarked, “Kalyug has become worse, these days women don’t have manners and decency to wear clothes.”

“The crystal clear view of Api and Saipal mountains and the fresh air at Bajhang made my friends excited and energetic.”

“Before with those hands she used to make sukul. Now her old hands get to work only if she is praying to the gods she believes are protecting our family.”

“Then came the downfall. A hand of cards, a roll of kaudis, one more line of debt, one more piece of land given away.”

“भूत छ भनेर सुन्दा हामी दिदीबहिनी कुरा गर्थ्यौँ, भूतसँग जम्काभेट हुनुपर्ने हो तर हामीले अहिलेसम्म सपनामा पनि देख्नु परेको छैन ।”