A Kashmiri Bride Counts Buckets As Her Wedding Nears

2025-09-01 06:08:36

(MENAFN- Kashmir Observer)
Taps are running dry in Chanapora for the last four days.

I wake before dawn and listen for the first hiss from the kitchen tap. Nothing comes.

The house is full of relatives, yet all I hear is the drag of buckets against the floor.

Four days have passed since water left our lane in Chanpora area of Srinagar. My wedding is days away, yet every plan is reduced to a desperate search for drops.

A bride's home in Kashmir is meant to overflow with abundance. Trays of sweets, steaming samovars of kahwa, copper pots of rice washed till it glistens. Every ritual, from ablution before prayer to the henna on my hands, needs water.

Now, our rituals stand still.

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