Saturday, 27 October 2012

Visit to Kashmir University

September 30. Amit and his cousin helped me to reach the Jammu railway station on time to receive Brni. Meera, who was attending and presenting a paper on Amma in the All India Oriental Conference at the Sanskrit department from October 1 to 3 at the Kashmir University in Hazratbal. 6 others were with her to go to Sree Nagar university. I was also visiting the Department of Psychology at the Nazeembagh campus of the Sree Nagar university for delivering the extension lecture on Empowering Students through Mental health.  Dr. Shoukath Ahmad Shah, the HOD was very helpful. The faculty members and students appreciated my presentation. We had a good interactive session on the topic. The campus was extremely beautiful with different kinds of plants and flowers. Age old Chinab trees decorated the campus. The accommodation in the guest house was also very good. I was happy because on previous occassion, I could not do the extension lecture in the department due to sudden Hartal which is a routine matter in Kashmir.
While passing throuh the paddy field,  I felt, Kashmir resembled Kerala. The paddy fields looked exacly that of in Kerala. I could see women and men working in the fields. October first week is the harvesting week for the agriculturists. Harvesting season for apple attracted thousands of trucks to Jammu from other parts of India.
I was astonished to see long queues of military and other trucks on the Jammu Kashmir road.
The shift of govt. officials and their offices to the winter capital of J & K which is Jammu for the next 6 months, also contributed to the long hours of traffic block in the Jammu- Kashmir road transportation. I thouroughly enjoyed the road trip to Kashmir. It was 10 hours ride from Jammu to reach Sreen Nagar. It was an adventurous trip. The zig zag curves were manipulated very differently by the driver of our innova car. The ride in elevation did not make any discomfort in me. KASHMIR IS NO DOUBT A WONDER LAND due to its scenic beauty. After finishing my work, I returned to Channi Himmat in Jammu.

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