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Image derived from: Kmrhistory / Wikimedia Commons

Murran Chowk

A short story

Nageen Rather is a Kashmir-based  writer who teaches fiction at the Islamic University of Science and Technology in Awantipora. His writings have appeared in various national and international journals in India, Pakistan, Romania, Jordan and the United States. He is currently seeking representation for his debut novel A Hole in My Heart.

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It was a sunny morning, bright and beautiful. In the kichen, the family was  huddled together, about to sip the hot nun chai, the pink salty tea. The tea had been prepared by Sarwat and it was magical.

"When my Sarwat lal makes it, I don't just taste it – I feel it in my body as its fragrance rejuvenates each and every tendon of my soul," the grandfather had told Zara, Sarwat's daughter, a few days before his death. They lived in a single-storey house near Gulshanpora, a beautiful village in Pulwama District in South Kashmir. Despite struggling to make ends meet, Ibrahim's family of six, had more joys than sorrow. He and his wife Sarwat felt rich when their children were around them.

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