{"id":538,"date":"2016-02-23T16:46:07","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T16:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dialkashmir.com\/blog\/?p=538"},"modified":"2020-04-22T17:06:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T17:06:11","slug":"you-know-you-are-a-kashmiri-when","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialkashmir.com\/blog\/you-know-you-are-a-kashmiri-when\/","title":{"rendered":"You Know You Are A Kashmiri When"},"content":{"rendered":"

Winter<\/strong><\/p>\n

#YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a>\u00a0<\/a>when you see somebody outside the\u00a0state wearing a pheran and you\u00a0scream ‘alaay koeshuer’<\/p>\n

#<\/s>YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a>\u00a0When you’ve played with shishir gaants (icicles)<\/p>\n

#<\/s>YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a> When you have burnt a carpet with your ‘Kangri Kick’<\/p>\n

#YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a>\u00a0when you wake up early on a winter day and rush to eat harissa<\/p>\n

#YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a>\u00a0when you come out of your bed at midnight just to check from your window how much it has snowed.<\/p>\n

#YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a>\u00a0When you tuned into Sheher Been at 7 PM everyday during power cuts in Winter.”<\/p>\n

Power\/ Electricity<\/strong><\/p>\n

#YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a>\u00a0when “Nangi taarih lagun” either means an Electric Shock or it means you are in LOVE<\/p>\n

#YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a>\u00a0when first gust of wind and all you hear is ‘Gode kar pagheken palwan press. Pawer gasei wene.’<\/p>\n

#YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a>\u00a0when u say “pawaras loga nar” during dark winter evenings.<\/p>\n

#YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a>\u00a0when u say “sarni gov ha?” during\u00a0power cut.<\/p>\n

Sports<\/strong><\/p>\n

#YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a>\u00a0when you say kirket and not Cricket.. :p<\/p>\n

#YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a>\u00a0when ‘Jol bat’ is synonymous with badminton!<\/p>\n

Food<\/strong><\/p>\n

#YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a>\u00a0when you don’t feel satisfied unless your meal includes rice.<\/p>\n

#YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a>\u00a0when noon chai and thaen wala czochwor is the best thing you love to have in the evenings.<\/p>\n

#YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a>\u00a0When you feel mandach carrying wazwan in a plastic bag at a wedding.<\/p>\n

#YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a>\u00a0When you can cut a hot piping gushtaba into 4 exact peices with your bare fingers.<\/p>\n

#YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a> when you will force a guest to eat till he cannot breathe and then you will say ‘tohi logwe ne athe (hand) kunei<\/p>\n

#YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a>\u00a0When you eat every single organ of the goat like the chagul( goat testicles) , charvan( liver), hooves, the kidneys.<\/p>\n

#YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a>\u00a0when you invest your everything in ‘weddings’ and ‘building houses’<\/p>\n

#<\/s>YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a> when you visit picnic spots n the first thing you do, is to sit down n eat!<\/p>\n

#<\/s>YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a> when the ladies say ‘hathhaz mei haz chu sori band’ bt still eat everything.<\/p>\n

#<\/s>YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a> When your kulcha breaks and dips in your kahva. And you eat the kulcha after with your finger or drop it in ur mouth.<\/p>\n

#YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a>\u00a0when you love Noon chai more than “Lipton” chai.<\/p>\n

Wedding<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/s>#<\/s>YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a> When love marriages still mean”Aem chuna panai kormut!!”<\/p>\n

#<\/s>YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a> when in a marriage you focus more on what you and others are wearing and ignore the bride and the groom :p<\/p>\n

Language<\/strong><\/p>\n

#YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a>\u00a0When ‘record’ means a song for you :p<\/p>\n

#YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a>\u00a0when u use “mat” way too much.<\/p>\n

#<\/s>YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a> when everything bought from Saudi is termed ‘HAJUK’ and is kissed repeatedly all over!<\/p>\n

#<\/s>YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a> when u call a chewing gumas ‘chingamm’<\/p>\n

#<\/s>YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a> when you say palate instead of plate, sakool instead of school, ayer instead of air, caalej instead of college.<\/p>\n

#<\/s>YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a> when a strange woman to another says “hatai kyah wanai”<\/p>\n

#<\/s>YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a> When you have heard Imam saying ‘Bahar Haal’ multiple times in a Khutbah.<\/p>\n

#<\/s>YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a> When Jahal is the best thing you know to switch off a discussion of logical reason..<\/p>\n

Family<\/strong><\/p>\n

#YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a>\u00a0when your family is on the street, waiting for you after dark.<\/p>\n

#YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a>\u00a0When your Grandma says “Naer khudayas ti nabiyas kormakh hawaal’e” everytime you leave your home.<\/p>\n

#YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a>\u00a0when a mother tells her kid ”yur wala b karai nosy saaf”.<\/p>\n

Kashmir<\/strong><\/p>\n

#YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a>\u00a0When you always wondered what Kashmiris in Azad Kashmir were like.<\/p>\n

#YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a>\u00a0When u get angry Everytime u hear\/see arnab on timesnow n feel like breaking his head :p<\/p>\n

#YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a>\u00a0When People In India Call Us Aatankwadi.<\/p>\n

#YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a>\u00a0when you deep down always wait for an occasional\u00a0#Hartal<\/a>\u00a0!<\/p>\n

#YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a>\u00a0If u don’t use ur voter ID For voting but for getting sim-cards.<\/p>\n

#YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a>\u00a0when protests for even water , electricity or ration will turn into Hum Kya Chahtay Azaaadi !!!!!”<\/p>\n

#YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a>\u00a0when u spot every other relative,friend and even the shopkeepers of your mohalla at Pahalgam on 15August.<\/p>\n

#youknowyouareakashmiri<\/a>\u00a0If u happen to pass all the uncles, u always hear them debating about Kashmiri politics.<\/p>\n

#<\/s>YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a> when you correct a person to say Srinagar not Shrinagar, Kashmir and not Kaaashmir.<\/p>\n

#<\/s>YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a> when in India , u see a vehicle with a JK\u00a0no. And in excitement u scream “kashir hinz gaed”.<\/p>\n

<\/s>#YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a>\u00a0When You Are Advised To Keep Your Identity Card With You Everywhere.<\/p>\n

And last but not the least<\/p>\n

#<\/s>YouKnowYouAreAKashmiri<\/a> When you keep saying “Kasheer bani kuni”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Data has been collected and curated from Twitter<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n