Kashmir & At Qazigund
Andrew Meyers Kashmir & At Qazigund. So Geologically Close, Yet So Opposite. The author, Bill Colegrave, describes Kashmir as “coolness and colour” and having a “milky blue sky”. These descriptive words make the reader’s mood calm, relaxed, and soothed. Not only does the writer’s words make you feel at peace, the words also make the reader feel like they are there. Colegrave later describes the scenery of “yellow mustard fields” and snow-capped “mountains”. The color yellow represents happiness and hope and the color white represents purity which adds to the current calm mood with a drop of joy for the audience imagining that they’re there. Also, the yellow fields provide the soul of the sun even though it is hiding in “the drama of clouds”. He goes on to talk about the shepherd “men wrapped in brown blankets against the morning mist”. The color of their blankets is important because brown usually represents stability and homeliness. The mist is made of water, water emb...