The Snows of Kashmir: A Journey Through the Himalayas
Iqbal Ahmed
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Iqbal Ahmed’s sixth travel book takes readers on an epic journey through the Himalayas starting from the town of his birth, Srinagar, and continues with a long road trip to Siachen Glacier via Kargil, Leh and Nubra.
Having moved to London three decades ago, the author reflects on the changes in India during that period. In this intensely personal account, Ahmed not only observes socio-economic changes but also how the country is grappling with climate change, the defining issue of our age. Delhi, the capital of India, is one of the most polluted cities in the world. Although the country is emerging as an economic powerhouse in the 21st century, it is situated at a crossroads of history.
Ahmed draws fully on his childhood memories in Srinagar while travelling back and forth between the past and present. The Snows of Kashmir is a journey in reverse: from London back to the homeland in the tradition of an outsider who is also an insider. He is unusual, possibly unique, in working as a London hotel concierge who also knows his way around far-flung locales in Europe and Asia and is equally at home in the literary territory inhabited by such writers as Proust, Nabokov and Naipaul.
This latest unorthodox exploration by Ahmed is a welcome addition to contemporary geopolitical travel literature.