Srinagar, Feb. 24 -- By Shakir Shafiq Qadri

IT'S a gorgeous Sunday afternoon. You are basking in the soft warmth of the sun when you hear a knock on your door. To your great pleasure, you receive an invitation from your relative to be a guest at a traditional Kashmiri wedding. The thought of enjoying mouth-watering 'Wazwan' enthralls you. Come the wedding day, you put on the best dress in your closet; you wear the most expensive perfume and envelop a hefty sum of money to be given away as the wedding gift or 'Vartaav'. You almost decide in favour of taking a friend long but eventually drop the idea. You leave the comfort of your home but just as you reach your destination, you find out that there is no parking space available. You go thr...