Kashmir isn't a sweater ... or is it?
 

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"Kashmir"- the valley of streams & lakes, flowers & fruits where apple and almond orchards are endless...... where the cherries blossom and is bestowed with the four seasons. That is why it is called "a paradise on earth".

The history of Shawl weaving in Kashmir dates back to the period of Hazrat Mir Syed Ali Hamadani (r.a) 1341-1385 A.D. - the famous sufi saint of Persia, who came to enlighten Kashmir with his spiritual guidance and brought along highly skilled artisans, who laid base for cottage industries in Kashmir valley. Shawl weaving, carpet weaving, embroideries, woodcarving , paper-machie and many other handicrafts are still inherited in the families from generation to generation.

All that could be destroyed in an instant.

A minimum of three million people would be killed and 1.5 million seriously injured if even a "limited" nuclear war broke out between India and Pakistan, warns a new study uncovered by New Scientist.

The expanded "Cashmere", refering to a particular natural fiber, combed/sheared from the undercoat of a regional goat, extreemely soft - specifically from behind the ears, its texture comparable, perhaps, to the luxurious and protected vicuna.

Yes, the double double entendre was intentional.

Main Entry: dou.ble en.ten.dre
Pronunciation: 'düb-[^&]l-ä[^n]-'tä[^n]d(-r[^&]); 'd&-b&l-än-'tänd(-r&)
Function: noun
Etymology: obsolete French, literally, double meaning
Date: 1673
Inflected Form(s): plural double entendres /same also -'t@[^n]z; -'t@n-dr&z/
1 : ambiguity of meaning arising from language that lends itself to more than one interpretation
2 : a word or expression capable of two interpretations with one usually risque


Kashmir / Cashmere

Main Entry: Kash.mir
variant ofCASHMERE

Main Entry: Jammu and Kash.mir
Pronunciation: 'kash-"mir, 'kazh-, kash-', kazh-'
Variant(s): or Kashmir
Usage: geographical name
state N India including Kashmir region & Jammu (to the S); claimed also by Pakistan; summer capital Srinagar, winter capital Jammu area 53,665 square miles (138,992 square kilometers), population 7,718,700


Main Entry: cash.mere
Pronunciation: 'kazh-"mir, 'kash-
Function: noun
Etymology: Cashmere (Kashmir)
Date: 1684
1 : fine wool from the undercoat of the cashmere goat; also : a yarn of this wool
2 : a soft twilled fabric made orig. from cashmere


and the sweater you wear

and the sweater you worry about.

Main Entry: sweat.er
Pronunciation: 'swe-t&r
Function: noun
Date: 15th century
1 : one that sweats or causes sweating
2 : a knitted or crocheted jacket or pullover

:)

well, uh, Kashmir isnt a goat or...uh..is yer goat got? *sweating out the attempted word play as well as imminent warfare*

kudos ... you got my goat, man.

back on topic ... isn't Kashmir a veritable Shangri-la?

This ain't no Tora Bora.

Don't bomb paradise!