The Cherry Tree

Into the garden quietly came the dew last night. It had sad news to tell. Throughout the night it said what every priest in the mosque and the temple say, Into the flower’s ear whispering as it wept, “Mortal is the world, evanescent…

The Kashmiris are very unstable and very prone to give undue weight to rumours. They are emotional and ruled by sentiment. They will do excellent work on water-courses and embankments if coaxed, and praised, and encouraged with small…

In the 2nd part of the conversation with Rajesh Prothi, Managing Partner, Absolute Factor & the Founder of www.thecherrytree.in, Ifshan Mehraj shared her views of Kashmiri Culture and how she has been able to create a balance between…

My cry resounds across the world; this world of mine would have been otherwise a wilderness. How could I have sworn by you otherwise? Who would have bothered to evaluate the words? The earth of mine would have been an ash-bin.…

The interest of the city has from the earliest times been opposed to the interests of the villages. The city people want grain and other villages produce at a rate far below the cost of production.  ‘What the eye does not see the heart does…

In a world where traditional gender roles often intersect with ambitious aspirations, the story of Ifshan Mehraj of Highland Excursions India Pvt Ltd & Fallhoney Pvt Ltd stands as a testament to determination, family support, and…

I know not since when, I was not only visible but naked to the eye, Who so ever might have seen me must have rightly been attracted. The robes on my body must have gradually been torn apart into tatters, What not must have been…

The interests of the city have from the earliest times been opposed to the interests of the villages. The city people want grain and other villages produce at rates far below the cost of production. ‘What the eye does not see the heard does…

In the 2nd part of the conversation with Rajesh Prothi, Managing Partner, Absolute Factor & the Founder of www.thecherrytree.in, Sanjeev Raina drifts into the formative years in Kashmir, its culture and how it influenced his life.  The…

Dearest friend, you go and look out for my beloved, For my saplings have an inferno to bear. I even looked at tarots for motherhood, Tied sacred threads in shrines If the lord doesn't provide you, you are no good,…