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How the turbulent lives of Dal dwellers are a contrast to the lake’s tranquility
The farmers living on the water in Srinagar are a vilified community despite contributing to Kashmir’s food and tourism industry, writes Priti Salian
The farmers dwelling on Dal Lake in Shrinagar, Kashmir, supply 40 per cent of fruit and vegetables to local and regional markets. Priti Salian for The National
Farmers can typically be spotted squatting at the edge of their wooden shikara boats at the fruit and vegetable market on Dal Lake. Priti Salian for The National
The farmers and their families have been living on the houseboats on Dal Lake since the 19th century. Priti Salian for The National
The happy hug of a clinic clown
Clinic clowns Julia Wille (standing, second from left).Premium
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As dementia rates rise worldwide, clinic clowns are helping to induce positive emotions and create a sense of wellbeing among patients
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In Auroville, a few years ago, a bed-ridden woman was watching Fif Fernandes attentively as she sang and pranced around, playing on her ukulele. When the woman, who was living with dementia, finally smiled, Fernandes asked, “What did you do as a child? The woman beamed and drifted into a childhood memory, when as a four-year-old she would travel on a bullock cart with her father to get an ice lolly. “The lolly melted and dripped down my chin, and then down my clothes, and then it broke and fell, she recalled just before her thoughts meandered elsewhere.