Srinagar, Aug. 25 -- It is about the dignity and pride of the 'subaltern' and underprivileged socio-economic classes in Kashmir.
No clear and neat portrait can be drawn of the same.
Difference(s) within difference(s) exist within classes, social groupings and sub-cultures of Kashmir, like in thehaenzor boatpeoplecommunity of Kashmir dwelling mostly in Dal Lake.
There are thenaav-e-haenz(those who own and paddle shikaras),houseboat haenz(those who own and man houseboats),gaeir haenz(those who extract water chestnuts),gaad-e-haenz(those who take fish from the lake for living), and so on. Any description would be a caricature.
There are behavioural characteristics (many of these not sanguine) peculiar to each class, cultural and social g...
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