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DAR KE AAGE JEET HAI

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Pic.: Azriel D'Souza “Overcoming what frightens you the most strengthens you the most.”   ―   Matshona Dhliwayo M Y   wife and I had been to Kashmir on a nine-day holiday. We returned late last evening. The Paradise is really here on earth – in Kashmir, that is. Seeing is believing… You have to not only see it to believe it… you have to experience it, too. Of the many amazing memories we have carried back from this picturesque land and its wonderful, stunningly beautiful and warm people is how we – both my wife and I - were reminded not to get scared… Reminded by whom? In Sonamarg, where we were towed high up the snow-slopes on a sledge, my wife began to scream, “Muje dar lagta hai!” The witty young local, who was leading her sledge, calmed her with the famous Mountain Dew (Hritik Roshan) slogan… “Madam, dar ke aage jeet hai!” I was behind my wife… and saw my fear melting away! The return journey was smooth a...
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