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Home News India 56 Mohammad Rafiq Mir, 21 Shikara boatman |
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August 18, 2003 'I want to move around J&K without fear' I am working overtime to save enough money so that one day I can visit Europe, especially Switzerland. It is my long cherished dream. I have many friends there. I polish, paint, scrub and toil in my boat floating on the world famous Dal Lake. I have a vision of my own for India. It is not a lofty hyped dream. My ambition is that tourists in large numbers visit my valley next year too. I work very hard during the summer ferrying tourists in my boat and during winter I go to Goa in connection with my business.
I wish I could change the hearts and minds of Indian politicians who are the biggest impediment to the prosperity of the poor.
As told to Mukhtar Ahmad
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