I've never seen anywhere in the world as beautiful as Kashmir. It has something to do with the fact that the valley is very small and the mountains are very big, so you have this miniature countryside surrounded by the Himalayas, and it's just spectacular. And it's true, the people are very beautiful too. β¨ Salman Rushdie, The Art of Fiction No. 186. Interviewed with Jack Livings, The Paris Review, Issue 174, www.theparisreview.org. Summer 2005.
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