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Zindagi Migzara.

As I dimmed the lights of my room last night, Singapore's hot and humid air changed to a gush of strong cold wind. The curtains fluttered and made my ddlj cow bells ring. I turned and stared at them for a long time.  I readjusted the laptop on my bed and plonked myself against two big pillows. My eyes closed themselves. There was a silence that was neither deafening nor lonely. It was just what silence is meant to be.... silent. And my curtains moved again, moving the bells with them. The bells took me back to Shahrukh and his movies. I opened my eyes and looked at those bells for a long long time. My mom had picked them up from Switzerland for me. I thought of her and teared up. I wanted her now. I wanted her touch. It was 10pm at home in India and at this time, after dinner and closing the kitchen, my mother, takes a shower. She comes out of the bathroom, and brings with her a waft of her talcum powder and her body lotion. That fragrance can make you forget all your worries

Leh : Golden Magic

Shanti Stupa clicked by Lovell D'Souza , ( www.lovelldsouza.com ) तु हि येह मुझ्को बतादे  चाहू  मैं  या ना अपने तु दिल का पता दे  चाहू  मैं  या ना इतना बतादु  तुझको    चाहत पे अपनी मुझ्को  युन तो नही इक्तियार  फिर भी येह सोच दिल ने अब जो लगा  हून मिल्ने  पुचू  तुझे  एक बार ..... ~Irshad Kamil, Aashiqui 2 Treya was settled in Leh. She had her routine. She loved leh, it was beautiful throughout the year. The winters were unbearable though. June to November were the busy months with loads of tourists. They were also the best times to visit Ladakh. Ladakh literally means  "the land of high passes". It lies embedded between the Kunlun mountain range in the north and the great Himalayas in the south. And in between the lands that lay between these mountains flowed the ancient Indus, starting from Tibet and twisting it's way towards Pakistan and eventually India. Amidst this majestic landscape, lies Leh, the biggest town in Ladakh. The next