Momo
INSIDE HIMALAYAS | NEPAL | TIBET | BHUTAN
INSIDE HIMALAYAS | NEPAL | TIBET | BHUTAN
Cooking Class
by Anisha Mandal
LEARN ONCE
COOK FOREVER
Despite having a vague history of
its origin, Momo has become a
traditional delicacy of Nepal, over
the years, since decades. Learn to
cook - delicious - Momo like a
typical Nepalese, but under
Tibetan hospitality at the
Tashiling Homestay in Pokhara,
and treat yourself from this
quick-learned skill forever.
A cluster of traditional log houses that comprise the village of Markot. Photo: Anisha Mandal.
We were used to Eid festivities in the rest of the Indian subcontinent being
full of exhilaration, with throngs gathering in shrines, and people loudly
and joyfully celebrating. But, watching Eid being celebrated in Gurez was
a calming and peaceful experience.
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The Gurez Valley, tucked between
the belligerent sides of Nanga Parbat,
is a tiny part of a region known as
Dardistan. The ancient land of the
Dardic Aryan tribe stretches across
both Pakistan and India, and its capital,
the village of Dawar, is situated in
the Gurez Valley. In the northern part
of Indian Administered Kashmir, the
unacquainted might presume that this
place is dangerous. But, this couldn’t
be further from the truth.
July was a month of celebration for
Muslims as they prepared to celebrate
the holy festival of Eid, which marks the
end of the month of fasting, Ramadan,
and the first day of the Islamic month of
Shawwal. Kashmir is a Muslim-majority
state known for its breathtaking
landscapes. It’s been called “heaven
on earth” by poets and writers. But it’s
also an area of political turbulence. The
Indo-Pak border, hemmed by both the
Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain
range, is one of the world’s most
militarised zones.
While political discussions revolve
around the quarrels between India and
Pakistan, it’s scarcely known that the
last few villages of India, in the Gurez
Valley, are home to the Dard Tribe. Their
identity is still largely unstudied, let alone
adequately represented. They speak
the Shina language and have countless
folkloric tales and cultural nuggets that
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