Being kashmiri feeling is when: :U recognize other kashmiries either by their pigmented eyes, fair skin or crocked nose!!!......when u return home frm a relatives house n d first thinn ur grandmother asks u is :suen kya osey... wen u like batta more than rice andzamdoud more than curd...wen u teach others how to eat nadroo..wen u lovemaunj haak more than butter chicken!!!!Weddings last for at least a fortnight !All the women at your parties try to see who can talk the loudest.You can hear their laughter and even the voh-vohs from the basement.You meet a whole new line of families at Kashmiri gatherings.You are going to be a daakhtar [doctor].You drink nun-chai and eat kulchas.You can pronounce tchzamun/ tchzarvanBig noses/ Hooked noses run in your DNA, and if somehow you end up with a different one- people refuse to acknowledge you as a Kashmiri.You know the correct pronunciations to the song, Rind Posh Maal...You know many kashmiri phrases such as- KholAKhar- Trath Payin- Kya Gowm- Balai Lagey- Shikas LadYou are the most politically aware kid in your school.When any food you eat is subjected to the wazwaan test, which it inevitably fails.When the first thing you wait for in the morning is to get the tchzot, bakerkhaani, kulcha etc. from the kaandhurs shop.When double-tchzot is given to the spoilt brats, cuz they wont eat the traditional breads.If you happen to pass all the uncles, you always hear them debating about Kashmiri politics.Your knees have ached after hours of sitting around a thasanaari eating food.Youve spied on the wazaas at your wedding before.Everyone is your aunty and everyone is youuncle.You are always in search of the vyaes- the bone marrow in the tsyun.No meal is a meal without rice.No meal is a meal without meat.You never felt the need for having desertsafter an enormous wazwaan.You think you are the only person competent enough to call yourself an Aryan.Kashmiri is the perfect code language in public places becuase NOBODY knows it.Youve grown up being extremely proud of you culture.You are stylish.When you are somehow related to that other Kashmiri.You wear a sweater over your salwaar kameez.When kashmir fights consist of going ey ey eyAny news piece on Kashmir catches your eyes within 5 miliseconds of your flipping through the newspaper.You dont know / cant find the Hindi/ English word for Monj-Haakh.When your house is filled with Samavars.You wonder what a samavar is doing at your iranian/russian friends house.People are puzzled when you speak kashmiri.When all the Kashmiri woman talk, no one can hear what anyone else is saying.You find it hilarious when your watch Kashmiri soap operas and they are trying to act romantic.Sweety sweety drai duty is you theme song.Your dad told you that you were the prince/princess of Kashmir when you were a kid.You grew up believing him.You know all about the India-Pakistan separation.People respond with wheres that? when you tell them where your from.Your house is filled with Kashmiri rugs and furniture.You are sure to bring in the kashmiri connection to anything and everything.You are irritated when your french manicure is stained yellow from the wazwaan food.We r crazy,pointlessand sometimes mean. But at the end we love our culture.It all about Being Kashmiri
Posted on: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 06:07:28 +0000
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