Nick Routledge@nick_routledge
@Himalayologist @neeleshmisra 💚 A visit, as a teen, to Kashmir, changed me. Already a world-traveler, I was profoundly enchanted by the land, its culture and peoples. I decided, then, to return. Great alas, it never came to be. But I sense I was somehow anointed in and still carry the spirit of Kashmiriyat.
Nick Routledge@nick_routledge · 12 Aug 2023
@awaicekhan Ah, I note your profile. Awakened to Divine Beauty, as a child, by a pear tree, on the edge of Lake Dal, I've spent decades around the USDA pear repository in Oregon. I've also been seeking a connection into rural Kashmiri pear culture. A planetary genome to share. Can you help?
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Image, in the style of Kashmir. And calligraphy, reading: Food will Thrive Only Until The Woods Survive -Nund Rishi