A Flight To Kashmir

Have you ever flown to Kashmir, over the mountains, grasping every view that picturesquely compels to hold your breath? Well, let us then just fly over the snow clad valley. Here is a video, fasten your belts, sit back and relax.

Music: Claudio Arrau playing Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata",The Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor. Video: Flying from Jammu to Srinagar.

~ Tasmeer Un Nazir.

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