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Underwater Tiranga rally, silent village sisters hoist 150 flags
Water sports athletes led by Bilquis Mir, India's first female judge for kayaking and canoeing at the Paris Olympics, held the first-ever underwater Tiranga rally at Pokribal lake in Srinagar on Thursday,…
The Story in Brief
Water sports athletes led by Bilquis Mir, India's first female judge for kayaking and canoeing at the Paris Olympics, held the first-ever underwater Tiranga rally at Pokribal lake in Srinagar on Thursday, rediff.com reports. The event was part of the 80th Independence Day celebrations. Mir said it showcased Kashmir's water sports potential.
In Dhadkai, a remote hilltop village in Doda district known as India's 'Silent Village', three mute sisters, Reshma Bibi, Parveen Kousar and Saira Khatoon, stitched and distributed over 150 tricolours, reports telanganatoday.com. Their father bought fabric after they refused to eat. The move brought the 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign to the village for the first time.
The Indian Opinion
Two corners of Kashmir, one a lake and one a hilltop, show that the flag flies where people want it to. The lazy narrative that J&K is only about militancy or separatism ignores such everyday patriotism. The better test: will the government now connect Dhadkai with a road, or will these sisters remain a one-day story?
Sources (2): rediff.com, telanganatoday.com
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Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
