Dear Kashmir,

Thank you for being that part of our heart which is the closest to us,yet pains the most.

You truly deserve that special status.

Thank you for being the part we refuse to part with-which is our heart,our dignity and esteem.

Thank you for tolerating us when we visit Srinagar for the shikara ride in the DAL LAKE but fail to realise how Kashmir is drowning in waters of neglect.

Thank you for giving us a HOUSEBOAT when you are constantly the subject of intrusion on basic rights of Indians in their own home.

Thank you making us view the lives of uncountable army SOLDIERS who stay on Jab tak hai Jaan.

Thank you for being the SAFFRON that garnishes our biryani.

Thank you for those Kashmiri APPLES that symbolise the true spirit of Kashmiri people-soft and strong to the core.

Thank you for the TULIPS in your gardens that represent a long hollow wait but are open and free at the very end-representing raw beauty to which no Switzerland ever comes close too.

Thank you for elucidating that speech is silver but silence is golden.

Thank you for smirking when people ask whether you have Instagram or YouTube there.

Thank you for nodding with a sad smile while the country celebrates Surgical Strike Day.