"WINTER IN KASHMIR " A WATER COLOUR BY MASOOD HUSSAIN

Cold winds . chill. Schools closed .Snow on mildly frozen Dal lake surface . Everyone staying indoors. Kangri, Cosy Pheran and Heavy woolens . Bountiful nature. Spring just near by. Just one sunshine and the snow wraps up its white blanket .This is Kashmir’s peak winter time . Chille Kallan.Life makes limited demands . But then life has to move on . That idea alone keeps movements .

Masood Hussain conveys similar feeling through this water colour .Masood Hussain’s water colours are nostalgic ,touching and appeal to a wide spectrum of viewers especially those who are connected with Kashmir in any manner .Undoubtedly,this man is a sorcerer of water colours . The negative space in this painting is wonderfully filled with total winter haziness , so real and so close to kashmiris .This is a view of Dal lake with roofless boats known as Demb Naav . These roofless boats are a means of transport for the lake dwellers .Perhaps the man had gone to Boulevard Road and is back trying to get into his boat to be paddled to his dwelling .So natural . So real . Can i add some lines of poet Jaan Nissar Akhtar :

 
Kaun Kehtaa hai Tujhe maine Bhulaa Rakhaa hai .

Teri Yaadon ko kaleje se lagaa Rakhaa hai.
Tooney jo dil ke Andhere mein jalaaya Thaa Kabhi ,
Woh Diyaa Aaj Bhi seene Mein Jalaa rakhaa hai .
Dekh Ja Aa ke Mehakate Huye Zakhamon ki Bahaar,
Maine Ab Tak tere Gulshan ko Sajaa Rakhaa hai .

( Jaan Nissar Akhtar)
 

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